A late 14th c. (1380-1400) cuisse from Croatia with gothic lettering

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A late 14th c. (1380-1400) cuisse from Croatia with gothic lettering

18th April 2023, 11:04 AM

Reventlov

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AHorsa

Does anyone know about the meaning of those letters? Are they epigrams or so?

On mine I read "IO VEM" or so. Not sure about the direction.

Maybe IO VENI? Could mean something like "Look! I am coming."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/io#Latin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/veni#Latin

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armour, croatia, cuisse, gothic, medieval

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