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THE DECLARATION OF AN INDULGENCE AT S. CATHERINE'S 

 CHAPEL, MILTON ABBEY. 











INDULGENCE INSCRIPTION, S CATHERINE'S CHAPEL, MILTON ABBEY 



Unfortunately, there is no agreement as to what some of 

 the letters on the inscribed stone really are. The words 

 : INDVLGENCIA : HVIVS : SANCTI : LOCI : are quite 

 certainly there. Then come : C : E : E : or, as Mr. Barnes 

 thinks, : C : E T : followed by : X : DIES : and a final 

 letter, which may be : E : or : C : 



The first thing to ascertain is the noun that governs loci in the 

 possessive case, for it cannot be Indulgencia, and the suggestion 

 that the case is "the genitive of respect" will hardly serve. 

 The required word is represented by : C : which cannot, 

 therefore, stand for "a hundred," and the indulgence is not for 

 " a hundred and ten days." 



