02-01-2016, 03:34 PM
The first letter doesn't look at all like a "p" to me - it's a stroke which goes down, twists over itself and comes up again. It looks like a y. A "p" would have the top closed, whereas this letter is leaving the top open.
I suppose it could also be a "u".
The same happens in reverse with your final "l" in "del". It's an upstroke which goes out to the right and straight down - it looks like a "P" to me.
Returning to the last word - yes it could be an "m" underneath a changed "d". "miel" is honey in Spanish, which comes from Latin "mel" (also mel in Catalan) . (Actually, it's quite a common word according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
Mep is nothing that I can think of.
So your reading is still Spanish - and (they) give more honey.
But in this case we are missing the subject - to whom are we giving them honey?
I still like my original reading - as you point out, it's written in the shape of a cross, which gives additional impetus to the DEP theory.
*Why Spanish? Rudolph's maiden tongue was Spanish, and many in his court spoke the language, which was the lingua franca of the Habsburg during the XVI century.
I suppose it could also be a "u".
The same happens in reverse with your final "l" in "del". It's an upstroke which goes out to the right and straight down - it looks like a "P" to me.
Returning to the last word - yes it could be an "m" underneath a changed "d". "miel" is honey in Spanish, which comes from Latin "mel" (also mel in Catalan) . (Actually, it's quite a common word according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
Mep is nothing that I can think of.
So your reading is still Spanish - and (they) give more honey.
But in this case we are missing the subject - to whom are we giving them honey?
I still like my original reading - as you point out, it's written in the shape of a cross, which gives additional impetus to the DEP theory.
*Why Spanish? Rudolph's maiden tongue was Spanish, and many in his court spoke the language, which was the lingua franca of the Habsburg during the XVI century.