13-12-2025, 01:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-12-2025, 01:31 AM by Bluetoes101.)
My inclination Bernd, is that the marginalia writer liked playing with words, or maybe just didn't have a very good grasp of language. I think we see this in "pox" (we think maybe "pocks").
A thought I have is that "p den muss (d)mel" might be something like "p" - A reference to something (maybe this poxleber line? - stretching probably) "den" (then) "Mandelmúsß" (muss mdel - switched places) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Which if you scroll, look a fair bit like the things drawn, and the smear on the belly might indicate food.
As you say though, this is just trying to make sense of things that seemingly make no sense.. and the fact "plain-text" makes no sense is probably the most baffling thing about the manuscript for me.. and that's in a very big pool of "weird" to pick from!
A thought I have is that "p den muss (d)mel" might be something like "p" - A reference to something (maybe this poxleber line? - stretching probably) "den" (then) "Mandelmúsß" (muss mdel - switched places) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Which if you scroll, look a fair bit like the things drawn, and the smear on the belly might indicate food.
As you say though, this is just trying to make sense of things that seemingly make no sense.. and the fact "plain-text" makes no sense is probably the most baffling thing about the manuscript for me.. and that's in a very big pool of "weird" to pick from!