Ethiopian Shield - request for translation from Italian

milandro · 3rd August 2024, 08:07 AM

Massawa (or as Italians say Massaua ) is certainly a very good explanation.

I was born in Italy, am fluent Italian speaker and am experienced in old text but I've never came across any special way to write a double ss in Italian ( the use of F instead of S is medieval to maximum 18th century and common throughout Europe ).

The U looking like an n is very common, I write it like that too.

Regardless, Massaua complies with everything else indeed.

It certainly says " Nicola de Maria ufficiale dell'Esercito" ( and he uses here again the F instead )

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3rd August 2024, 08:07 AM	#9
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 498	Massawa (or as Italians say Massaua ) is certainly a very good explanation. I was born in Italy, am fluent Italian speaker and am experienced in old text but I've never came across any special way to write a double ss in Italian ( the use of F instead of S is medieval to maximum 18th century and common throughout Europe ). The U looking like an n is very common, I write it like that too. Regardless, Massaua complies with everything else indeed. It certainly says " Nicola de Maria ufficiale dell'Esercito" ( and he uses here again the F instead )