17-01-2026, 10:19 AM
Jojo: what is that reading based on? Did you read the context? Latin paleography is not just a guessing game.
JAT: I think "lucem" has been discussed before, but as nablator says, you found an unusually close version of it. It's the first letter of the VM word that's tricky though. You have the loop that closes, but below that is something else that's badly faded. This is usually where the difference between L and K is made. K would point to German, where "aller" is extremely frequent. But I wouldn't know what to make of "all?r lucem" in Latin. I assume it's best to keep both options open.
JAT: I think "lucem" has been discussed before, but as nablator says, you found an unusually close version of it. It's the first letter of the VM word that's tricky though. You have the loop that closes, but below that is something else that's badly faded. This is usually where the difference between L and K is made. K would point to German, where "aller" is extremely frequent. But I wouldn't know what to make of "all?r lucem" in Latin. I assume it's best to keep both options open.