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Hi, I read the blog post about the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. by Koen today, including the comments. I am asking myself if there was progress in the meantime?

This was Koen's final version:



I want to suggest this variation:

poxleber pinen p?tpfer
+ anchiton oladabad + maltos + te + cere + povtas + n +
six + marix + morix + vix + abia + maria +
palden pbren so nim gasmich

maltos ≈ malt
cere ≈ wax
povtas ≈ potash

As others have pointed out at least some words root (presumably) in medieval German:

poxleber ≈ Bocksleber (male goat’s liver)
so nim ≈ so nimm (so take)
gasmich ≈ Geißmilch (goat's milk)

So what do we have? A list of ingredients, a reference to a blessing (Maria) and instructions for use. This is quite something, I think. I hope others can fill the empty spaces.

I think the correct transcription of the top line might be poxleber umen mit pfer (Bocksleber-Omen mit Pferd). The way I see it, it relates somehow to the practice of haruspicy (divination with animal entrails), specifically hepatomancy, using a goat and a horse.