RE: VMs: f66r, der muszdel

["Philip Neal" <philipneal_vms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> BTW, if you had to make a best guess as the town the 'mussdel' writer was 
> from, what would it be? Where is "West Central German" roughly located? I 
> know that language is rarely that exact, but I'd be very interested to hear 
> your opinion all the same! :-)

The green area on this modern map is the right area for West Central
German (Westmitteldeutsch).

http://members.tripod.com/~radde/Mundarten.html

> Would you also say that the writing at the very top of f17r was by the same 
> person? (I was a little surprised you didn't mention this too)
>
> Finally... might this person also have been the one who added the zodiac 
> sign names (given that Leo seems to be written "augst"), or do you think 
> that's a different hand again?

These inscriptions are so short that I wouldn't want to commit myself.
They look the same general age to me. The month names are all
possible forms in mediaeval / early modern German, including Octember.

Philip Neal

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