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That's Latin letters, a very very florid cursive hand and reads Iohannes de eyck fuit hic 1434 - Johann van Eyck was present 1434. Note the ancient shape of the
by HarryHirsch 9y ago
That's Latin letters, a very very florid cursive hand and reads Iohannes de eyck fuit hic 1434 - Johann van Eyck was present 1434. Note the ancient shape of the digit 4! It settled into its familiar form only in the later half of the 15th century.
- B1FF_PSUVM 9y agoJust above a small mirror showing the backs of the couple and the painter at work ... (Take that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall ...)
- ComputerGuru 9y agoOh, I see it now. I was on mobile and was getting a view of the image that either couldn't (too low res) or wouldn't (bad viewport) zoom, so this is what I saw: https://i.imgur.com/yxpLRTg.png https://i.imgur.com/yxpLRTg.png As you can see, at that zoom level the words look like parts of the letters and it is the shape of the text area itself that was reminiscent of Arabic characters. Of course, once zoomed in it's a different story: https://i.imgur.com/4oQ5R2F.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4oQ5R2F.jpg