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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: October 26, 2023
Caption: Nova curia paupers tuita… Chronogram
Additional Description: A little to the left of the marker is a modern day latin chronogram. Translated from Latin it reads, “May the Nieuwenhof that has taken the poor under its wing, and which has now become the seat of the legal science of Maastricht University, gain honour and prestige and produce truly good legal experts”. But being a chronogram it also contains a hidden message, with the capital letters being Roman numerals that when shaken, stirred, or somehow otherwise rearranged yield a significant date. Interested readers are urged to work it out for themselves or seek some therapy, whichever is easier.
Submitted: February 9, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p773224
File Size: 0.511 Megabytes

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