Re: Another unknown language query

No idea, but I have a bit of an interest in bibliography.  Who wrote it,
where did you find it, is it a MS or a printed text?

You might be able to get a range on dates on an MS or printed text.  Have
lyou looked for watermarks?  They can sometimes be quite revealing.

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Eli Naeher wrote:

> I recently posted a request for a translation of some Latin I'd found in an
> old manuscript. Now, in the same ms., I've come across something much more
> interesting:
>
> De-O-me-Sevi
> mi-do-a-Tima.
>
> Which is followed by what is presumably a translation: "With our gods we go all
> ways in tune." This may or may not be a real language; the author was stark
> raving mad, and it may be either an imaginary phrase or even part of a
> conlang. Can anyone identify this?
>
> The author lived from the 1860s to the 1940s.  The date of the ms. is unknown.
>
> eli . ishmael@pocketmail.com
> gone to croatan
>
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