In a message dated 98-06-30 09:02:18 EDT, you write: > > >From: BaronSJ@aol.com > >Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:47:39 EDT > >To: bartgeger@stlnet.com > >Subject: Re: Old Latin > > > >Dear Bart, > > > >An easy one! Clavifici (that's the genitive, the nominative is clavificus) > = > >keymaker, literally. > > > >But I'm afraid I don't know how to do German characters on e-mail. > > > >>Steve Thanks Bart, the word Clavifici appears in the Latin Church records from Alsace in reference to an occupation. One additional question though--since Latin can be such a troublesome language--a maker of keys is a locksmith. And the word for locksmith is Claustrarius artifex. Perhaps it is only a different way of saying the same thing? Do you want me to tell him how to do the German characters in e-mail--I would be happy to if it would help. Joan