Unclear inscriptions on seals

dazzaessexuk

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hi all my name is darren im from the uk i am starting collecting seals and need some help i have around 20 i have worked out but this one has an inscription that has me stumped i have included a picture it may not even be latin it may be another language but i just cannot work it out any help would be really appreciated thank you

the red letter s is a possible as its quite corroded it may not be there
 

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all i can tell you is that it's not Latin ... at least it doesnt make sense to me
 

dazzaessexuk

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thanks bitmap i will assume you mean both of them , sadly these inscriptions are very difficult to decode thanks for your help :hat:
 

scrabulista

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The second one looks a bit like Honi soit qui mal y pense -- but it's a good bit off.
 
 

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mutet adminiſtatror quidam hoc titulum nuntii nam auctor eius praeceptorum noſtrorum oblitus eße videtur
 
 

cinefactus

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I think that the second is Middle French :Fause amye soit horye
If I were to make a stab at it it might be something like
hereditary succession / inheritance is a false friend
 

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Cinefactus dixit:
I think that the second is Middle French :Fause amye soit horye
If I were to make a stab at it it might be something like
hereditary succession / inheritance is a false friend
That seems close.

Fause amye soit honye

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Perfidæ amatrici sit ignominia.
 
 

cinefactus

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That was where I was going wrong. It is an n, rather than an r

So do you think honye corresponds to honte, or honnir

Edit: Looks like my link doesn't work properly, but you know what I mean!
 
 

cinefactus

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Don't mind me. Of course it is honir isn't it :oops:

So in English it should be something like
Shame upon a false mistress
or perhaps
A false mistress should be spurned

So the question is, what is the provenance of the seal? Do you know who the picture is of?
 

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Cinefactus dixit:
So do you think honye corresponds to honte, or honnir
Yeah, it’s the feminine passive participle of honir (modern honnir), from a Germanic root cognate with Gothic haunjan, ‘to abase’. Honte is the corresponding noun.

I don’t know whether this is a curse on faithless girlfriends by a man, or a woman’s declaration of faithfulness (i.e. ‘a curse upon me should I stray’).
 
 

cinefactus

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I think that the likely translation for the second seal is:

Shame upon a false mistress

and it is likely to be some kind of political propaganda. If you could identify the face, it would make it more clear.
 

dazzaessexuk

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thanks guys your certainly the people to ask it has been submitted to the british museam as treasure as it was a detector find so i will let you know the outcome of there interpretation when we get it :banana:
 

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It was found in the ground in Essex? Probably Norman then.
 
 

cinefactus

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My guess would be later. I am not sure if this kind of propaganda was used in Norman times. The ones I have seen were 17th century. The language (and font) would be anachronistic for this dating however. If we are having a sweep, put me in for something like 14-15th century ;)
 

dazzaessexuk

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the winner is cinefactus from the owner of the item
Hi dazzaessex! You're friends hit the nail on the head! the experts have come back with
'may a false (female) lover be shamed'
its old french. and probably 14th century
all you have to do now is decode the first one lol thanks everyone
 
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