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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on August 11, 2015, 01:22:27 PM

Title: Deciphering a swordblade inscription
Post by: Duncan Head on August 11, 2015, 01:22:27 PM
See http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/08/help-us-decipher-this-inscription.html#

Anyone want to have a go?
Title: Re: Deciphering a swordblade inscription
Post by: Erpingham on August 11, 2015, 03:28:46 PM
Other than it is probably religious and at least partly abbreviated Latin, I wouldn't know how to start.  I'd also go for a German origin (based on an apparent Northern European distribution) rather than any of the exotic suggestions in the comments.

For more fun trying to work out what these swords mean, try http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=32096 (http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=32096)