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Let us clear up the MARIA/MAMA/NAMA/INAMA/IN NAMA issue. It is a simple matter of knowing a few of the
rules for the scribing of medieval black letter script (a.k.a. minuscule, Gothic and Old English). The following
rules are employed to conserve space. Biting The Bow: If a letter ends in a perpendicular and the following letter begins with a perpendicular, one of the perpendiculars can be eliminated; giving you a half letter, joined to a complete letter. Suspension: Omission of letters at the end of a word or only writing the word’s first letter. Contraction: Omission of one or more letters in the middle of a word. I remember an article in the New York Times, Science section a number of years ago. A scientific study (wasting a lot of money) pointed out what we already knew, e.g., we can read words that have a number of letters omitted as in, “I plege alegince t th flg”. Any medieval scribe without the benefit of a PhD, was already doing that very thing. Any literate person looking at the Morko during that time frame, knew what was actually written. Most importantly, the commissioner of Morko, knew full well what he wanted Morko to say. Morko was his statement. What was important to him, was placed on Morko. Morko was his mojo. As for the language on Morko, this 150 year period saw the use of Rune, Old Norse, Old English, Anglo Saxon, Old Swedish, etc., all in the area of the Baltic Sea; besides Middle English that developed after the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066. I have excluded Latin because it is as relevant to Morko as is Chinese. I researched the territorial use of the word “name”. Old English; nama. Anglo-Saxon; nama. Old Fresian; nona. Middle Fresian; namme. Old Swedish; namn (?). Middle English; nam/naim/naime/nome. Middle English is based in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) with a French influence. Anglo-Saxon (Old English) continued to be used elsewhere. I believe Morko is Anglo-Saxon. in nama pia becomes inama pi. I’ll translate it for you later. The outstanding bust on Morko is that of Odin; not Jesus. Christianity was introduced to Scandinavia many centuries before but not everyone subscribed to it. Subscriptions also ran out in many cases. Here is a more contemporary image of Odin . Compare it to Morko’s. |
Odin the Wanderer circa 1886 by Von Rosen