Re: Help with signatures - Steven Coker
Subject: Re: Help with signatures
From: Steven Coker
Date: May 25, 1999

Lee Adair wrote:
> ... a number of them were followed by the letters L.S. ....


 L.S. or l.s. stands for "locus sigilli" and probably means place of the seal.

 locus, loci
 place, location, situation, spot, seat, rank, position, point, region, ...

 sigillum, sigilli
 seal, sign, statuette, embossed figure, relief, from signet ring, ...

 signum, signi
 seal, indication, sign, mark, token, signal, proof, image, statue, ...

See:
http://www.scroots.org/terms.html
http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.pl
http://www.geocities.com/~stilicho/abbreviations.html
http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/ftp/pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids/latwords.html

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