[split] Book of Holy Trinity

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I have not taken trouble with the ciphre, but the writing in Fraktur is:


def[initio]. dieses blaw waßer ist dann grünes vnd der s[?]ein


warhaftig.


s[?]ein is repeated as stein in the second line


Translation: def[initio] This blue water is then green and the stone true


wahrhaftig is an old word and difficult to translate, it means the stone is the real thing

Helmut, thank you for the translation of the Fraktur writing.

Since the Fraktur spelling doesn't completely agree with the cipher spelling, but might agree meaningwise, your translation is helpful—it provides a point of reference.

Maybe the "stone" is the philosopher's stone?


I should post the whole thing here. It would be easier for posters to double-check the parts I decoded, to see if I got it right, and to figure out the parts I wasn't able to decode (especially the missing letters in the last two words). I'll be back in 10 minutes with a pic.