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Can you help Salisbury Cathedral identify 15th century gothic text?

February, 28 2010

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Gothic text recently discovered behind the Henry Hyde Monument on Salisbury Cathedral's south aisle wall, now thought to date from the 15th century, has some lines of text that experts have been unable to identify. The Cathedral is appealing for people to help solve the mystery.

Can you help Salisbury Cathedral identify 15th century gothic text?

Tim Tatton-Brown, the cathedral's Consultant Archaeologist, said: "My colleague Dr John Crook has made a comprehensive detailed photographic record of the script and subsequently enhanced the letter forms on his computer. Study of this by specialist academics is leaning towards the text being written in the 15th century, a period when English was, for the very first time, being used just occasionally in preference to Latin which was then 'the norm'."

John Crook is equally fascinated by the writing and what it is. "There are clearly several lines of a large textual inscription. There seems to be a phrase 'and we are c & ' but so far we have not been able to work out more. If anyone thinks they can identify any further letters from the enhanced photographs, please contact us via Salisbury Cathedral website and I can trace them in."

Tim Tatton Brown added: "So for now the basic questions of what exactly the words are and why the text was written on the cathedral wall, remain unanswered. It would be wonderful for us to solve the mystery."

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1. 05-03-2010 23:23

I think that the Gothic Text, found when Hyde's momument was removed, is not Biblical in nature. I feel that it's 'secular', and is a 'marker' indicating a late 15th Century tomb or burial, long since gone. I'm sure the word 'Cethlene' can be discerned, possibly West Country dialect for 'Kathleen', followed by the first letters of her surname, maybe 'Bi' or 'Br' or 'Be'. I'm sure I also saw 'lyin(g) und(er)', so maybe she's buried under the floor.

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