Don't know what language this is
Susan Ede
DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
it.
Would anyone know what the words mean? I'd love to find out. I checked all
search engines for translantion but had no luck.
Thanks
John Woodgate
bad German!). I think it might be intended to be 'Dieser Taler ist von
den ent?? mineralien prepariert.' The abbreviated 'ent??' could be many
things, from 'entartet' ('degraded') to 'entzweigerissen' (torn to
pieces). Then it means 'This talisman is made from [ent??] minerals.'
The words 'Taler' and 'preparier' seem to be seldom used or non-existent
in German, but the whole thing doesn't look like Dutch or Danish or
anything other than German, to me. I suspect a Far-Eastern origin for
your talisman.
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>
> Today I bought a talisman with the following words on it.
>
> DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
>
> There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
> it.
It is German: Dieser Taler ist v(on?) den ent(__?) Mineralien präparier(t?)
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ist this really a 'v'?
Anyway, my guesses to ent__ seem to be too wild. And to abbreviate
"präpariert" with "präparier." seems also odd.
JL
Bettina Price
Susan Ede wrote in message <389396ba@grissom>...
|Today I bought a talisman with the following words on it.
|
|DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
|
|There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
|it.
|
all
|search engines for translantion but had no luck.
It's German, sort of.
"Dieser taler ist v. den ent. Mineralien prepariert"
"This taler (coin) has been prepared from the right/corresponding minerals"
Greetings,
Bettina
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James Lee
error, I would suggest that 'ent' is an abbreviation of 'entsprechend', i.e.
corresponding. The symbols are probably not the signs of the zodiac, but the
signs of the planets, which correspond to the alchemical symbols for the
various metals. For example, Mercury is an 'm' with a tail, Mars (iron) is
the male sign (a little circle with an arrow sticking up) Venus (copper) is
the female sign with horns... The idea was that all base metals could be
converted into gold (the sun), just as every soul could achieve perfection.
Thus, it would seem to be an alchemical talisman, made of an alloy
containing all of the metals shown. Probably not much gold, though.
Alternatively, it could be a membership token for the Ancient Order of Elks.
James Lee
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João Luiz wrote in message <3893F966...@Maschinenbau.TU-Ilmenau.DE>...
>Susan Ede schrieb:
>>
>> Today I bought a talisman with the following words on it.
>>
>> DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
>>
>> There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
>> it.
>
James Lee
'This coin has been made from the corresponding minerals'.
James Lee
João Luiz
>
> Susan Ede wrote in message <389396ba@grissom>...
> |
> |DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
> |
> |There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
> |it.
> |
> all
> |search engines for translantion but had no luck.
>
> It's German, sort of.
> "Dieser taler ist v. den ent. Mineralien prepariert"
> "This taler (coin) has been prepared from the right/corresponding minerals"
Here my doubt. Was it a usage in Old German to say 'von' and not 'mit' or
'aus' in this case?
JL
Bettina Price
João Luiz wrote in message <38947EA0...@Maschinenbau.TU-Ilmenau.DE>...
Yes, actually (you'll find that in old cookbooks people say stuff like "Man
nehme von der besten Butter"), but the German is pretty crap anyhow. It
sounds more like a bad translation from another language to me.
John Woodgate
wrote:
>For example, Mercury is an 'm' with a tail,
assigned to Venus.
> Mars (iron) is
>the male sign (a little circle with an arrow sticking up)
Correct.
> Venus (copper) is
>the female sign with horns...
No, Venus is just the female sign.
James Lee
the east wing. We don't go there now. Not since the incident...
James Lee
John Woodgate wrote in message ...
John Woodgate
wrote:
>Yes of course, you are quite right. Unfortunately, I left my alchemy book in
>the east wing. We don't go there now. Not since the incident...
Oh, you've had one of those as well? Here, it is in the belvedere, and
it can't get past the oak door, at least I hope not. (;-)
hughan...@internode.on.net
> Today I bought a talisman with the following words on it.
>
> DIESERTALER ISTV. DENENT. MINERALIEN PREPARIER.
>
> There is a central figure of the Sun with other astrological signs around
> it.
>
> Would anyone know what the words mean? I'd love to find out. I checked all
> search engines for translantion but had no luck.
>
I just found an identical talisman in the ground in a carpark in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia. The engraving was s worn as to be almost illegible, but I could just make out the words and the sun symbol. I found your post when I Googled the words. I wonder who produced these talismans? Is there an alchemical society still in existence? Or are these talismans old (as the wearing on mine might suggest)?
Hugh Abbott
Evertjan.
sci.lang.translation:
and it is about the text, not about the object.
Please read the whole thread:
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.lang.translation/2ILSfKcOtmI>
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