Not necessarily would a "p" be closed - compare with "p"'s in f116v, like in "pox" and "portas".
"y" is an interesting option, insofar it could stand in itself for a single (one-letter) word; so if Spanish suits this, it is certainly an option to be investigated. But, 15c Spanish might have been different from what it is now. Was the "y" letter in use back then? For example, as for German, I consulted Lexer, and it has the whole "Y" letter grayed out in the alphabet - which means that no word begins with "y" in MHD.
I don't think that the final character in "de*" could be "p". A "p" would extend below the baseline, which it does not.
I think the crucial point is that, whatever readings we agree upon for both the original and emended phrases, they both should be valid. Better still if they both agree with the objects depicted. That could be the key to the underlying language of this phrase, because obviously not all languages would fulfil this requirement.
Two points about DEP (=RIP):
1) Is it not quite a modern acronym? Is it met with in contemporary documents?
2) We are not sure if the lady is dead or just feeling bad. There has been a good observation by somebody (was it Nick Pelling?) about the ochre blot on the lady's abdomen. Although it can mean different things - for example, the cause of death, as well as the cure to apply.
Middle High German might give some interesting options also, if we only set the letter "p" apart. To be clear, this is all constructed with the help of the Lexer dictionary with my close-to-zero actual knowledge of German, so it needs to be confirmed or disproved by language experts.
en mul would mean "into mouth", indicating the means of action
mel would mean "lime" (CaO or Ca(OH)2)
Lime is widely used in traditional medicine, although I don't think it's used perorally (as "into mouth" suggests).
Applying supposed corrections:
den would mean "then" or "therefore"
mus would mean "meal" or "meal-time"
del would mean "board"
Not very coincise... but German is the important option to consider insofar it is likely used in f116v.
"y" is an interesting option, insofar it could stand in itself for a single (one-letter) word; so if Spanish suits this, it is certainly an option to be investigated. But, 15c Spanish might have been different from what it is now. Was the "y" letter in use back then? For example, as for German, I consulted Lexer, and it has the whole "Y" letter grayed out in the alphabet - which means that no word begins with "y" in MHD.
I don't think that the final character in "de*" could be "p". A "p" would extend below the baseline, which it does not.
I think the crucial point is that, whatever readings we agree upon for both the original and emended phrases, they both should be valid. Better still if they both agree with the objects depicted. That could be the key to the underlying language of this phrase, because obviously not all languages would fulfil this requirement.
Two points about DEP (=RIP):
1) Is it not quite a modern acronym? Is it met with in contemporary documents?
2) We are not sure if the lady is dead or just feeling bad. There has been a good observation by somebody (was it Nick Pelling?) about the ochre blot on the lady's abdomen. Although it can mean different things - for example, the cause of death, as well as the cure to apply.
Middle High German might give some interesting options also, if we only set the letter "p" apart. To be clear, this is all constructed with the help of the Lexer dictionary with my close-to-zero actual knowledge of German, so it needs to be confirmed or disproved by language experts.
en mul would mean "into mouth", indicating the means of action
mel would mean "lime" (CaO or Ca(OH)2)
Lime is widely used in traditional medicine, although I don't think it's used perorally (as "into mouth" suggests).
Applying supposed corrections:
den would mean "then" or "therefore"
mus would mean "meal" or "meal-time"
del would mean "board"
Not very coincise... but German is the important option to consider insofar it is likely used in f116v.