Recently I visited Sir Isaac Newton's birthplace at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire. In his study there is an old wooden writing desk on which is carved the inscription IMANODI 1635. What does this mean?

mibmob

I am going to surmise that the words are Latin and written in a contracted form: iN manUS oBIT dEi 1635, which means: He (????the previous owner)went into the hands of God (i.e. died) 1635. Happy to be shown up as an idiot on this one. Aug 15 04, 10:30 AM

lammas

Brilliant. You go to the top of the class. [Aug 19 04 10:07 AM] lammas writes: The guide at the house said he had been told that it was a one word epitaph, but he didn't know what it meant. Your answer seems highly plausible. Aug 16 04, 9:16 AM

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