01-03-2016, 12:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2016, 12:48 AM by VViews.
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JKP- Thanks for clearing up that it is an obituary, that hadn't occurred to me at all. Are you sure about the singer though? I find a trace for Stephanus Reway, ruler (voivod) of Madaras, Hungary in the 16thC.
The "brass candles" bit is what I identify as "audire cantantes palabras" or "hear/ing singing words". Maybe a way of saying: hearing the praises for the work of Stephanus Reway?
Anton- Hah! I love the idea that it is an expletive. Maybe a later owner who said: Pox leber, I can't understand a word of this damned cipher text!
The "brass candles" bit is what I identify as "audire cantantes palabras" or "hear/ing singing words". Maybe a way of saying: hearing the praises for the work of Stephanus Reway?
Anton- Hah! I love the idea that it is an expletive. Maybe a later owner who said: Pox leber, I can't understand a word of this damned cipher text!