Finding parallels for Month Names handwriting (Work in Progress)
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It is probably worth checking out some Occitan sources (especially those close to the Iberian peninsula?) because of Aberil. But everything else does seem to point to a French/Germanic border region as I very roughly circled on this map:

   

Octembre seems to point to the northern/northeastern borders (see our spreadsheet: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ) 

Augst is Germanic. From the original Latin "Augustus", French dialects tend to drop the "g" (Aoust) but certain Germanic dialects like to drop the second "u", resulting in forms like "Augst". In modern Dutch, the standard word for "harvest" is still "oogst", from "oogstmaand", "Augustmonth". In some German dialects, you may still find Augst. Again, I don't think this helps us narrow it down much.

There is quite some distance between the French border with Dutch, Spanish and Alemannic though, so I hope handwriting analysis may help us out here.
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RE: Finding parallels for Month Names handwriting (Work in Progress) - by Koen G - 08-10-2025, 10:17 AM

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