23-10-2019, 09:58 AM
(23-10-2019, 07:14 AM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Maria would be the virgin Mary, especially if surrounded by crosses
I've been assuming, since I first looked at 116v, that there's a good chance it's a reference to virgin Mary, so as I've been collecting samples of handwriting, I have also been collecting samples of which regions wrote it "marie" and which ones wrote it "maria". Unforunately, there are no clear demarcations, there's lots of overlap, but there are a few regional tendencies and at some point it might be possible to map them.