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Old 2nd April 2013, 07:36 PM   #24
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Does someone know the German or its historic name of the tool?
yes I think so
in the book Speculum Humanae salvation (a mediėval mirror) above the drawing can be read
sangoz occidit sexcetos vios cu vome
this must be read in latin as:
sangoz occidit sexce(n)tos vi(r)os cu(m) vom(er)e this means something like
sangoz killed 600 men with a ???goad??? (ploughshare)

In the old german historic translations vomere is translated as plōgaz or plōguz

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jasper

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