02-21-2017, 12:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2017, 02:12 PM by Nathan Ross.)
(02-20-2017, 11:53 PM)Renatus Wrote: there are numerous 'E's and the horizontal elements of these letters are very clear. The 'I', on the other hand, shows absolutely no sign of such horizontals
Ah yes, you're probably right - now I come to look at the other letters it does seem that the carver has an idiosyncratic E, heavy on the three short horizontal strokes. That's a shame - the EQ reading would be so neat!
I've tried to discern the letter shapes for the top three lines or so of the inscription. Some are not so easy. There does look to be something odd about the end of 'numerum' and the 'I O' phrase, but perhaps I'm seeing something that isn't there?
Nathan Ross
