Fun with Ligatures and Brevigraphs

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It is at least an indication that it is a Latin sentence that has been greatly shortened, so much so that no one can read it anymore.

Not really. There were many attempts to read recipes or a process from the text. One that was particularly well written was the article by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (2017), it convinced many people who knew little about the VMS. It got picked by media and became world famous. You're almost there...