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18th April 2023, 10:00 AM | #1 |
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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. Kind regards Andreas Last edited by AHorsa; 18th April 2023 at 11:02 AM. |
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/io#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/veni#Latin |
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18th April 2023, 11:25 AM | #3 | |
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One common inscription is the bible verse Luke IV:30, Iesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat ("Jesus passed through their midst and went on his way"). This can be seen on many items, including armour, weapons, and jewelry, because it was believed to be a protective charm. You can see portions of this phrase on two of the pieces Leonymus shared. The inscription on his cuisse does seem to be nonsense though, and purely decorative. |
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18th April 2023, 12:26 PM | #5 |
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Great. Thank you very much!
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Welcome to the forum, Leonymus .
... And so good that our members helped you with your question . |
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It looks as if the edge bead in Ahorsas fragment has been formed by wrapping it over a iron wire reinforcement. Looking at the arm harness posted above there is a bold edge moulding to the top of the arm which could have been formed in the same way .
Last edited by Raf; 18th April 2023 at 01:10 PM. Reason: clarity |
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To come back to the initial question on the authenticy of the river find: In my humble opinion I do not see any "red flag" on the iron part of the cuisse (I cannot judge the brass part): We have traces of hammer, we have laminated iron and we have the fact that it was found in a river, not in an historistic castle . In my eyes it is very unlikely that this is a copy. Last edited by AHorsa; 18th April 2023 at 09:30 PM. |
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[Edit] Nvm, found it... Last edited by LeonymusBosch; 20th September 2023 at 09:38 AM. |
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You found it in Germany, right? |
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Sadly I donīt know for sure where it was found - I got it from an old collector more than 25 years when I was child. It is very possible that it was found in Germany, as he had it with some German stoneware fragments as far as I remember. But he did also travel a lot, so I canīt tell for sure. |
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