Talk: Edessa Sakndenberg

Revision as of 09:16, 4 January 2010

Name

Is she really called Mirabile Visu? From this image, I think I can make out "Sakndenberg" on the right side of the portrait, which, to me, sounds more like a surname than "Visu". Also, couldn't "mirable visu" be something like an epitaph referring to her beauty? -- Seth Cooper owl post! 11:48, September 15, 2009 (UTC)

Many surnames in the HP series aren't found in the real world and seem to have been invented as puns. However, "Sakndenberg" is on the left side of the portrait, which supports the theory that it, and not Visu, is her surname, as English is read left-to-right. The text before "Sakndenberg" is apparently "Eoessa" - it zooms in on this part of the portrait at the end of the Quest of Sir Cadogan feature, but as I don't have my DVDs with me at the moment, I can't take a picture of it. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 19:18, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

I found this character's name inscribed on the wood paneling in Trelawney's classroom in the PoA film. However, in that image, the spelling of her name is "Skanderberg," not "Sakndenberg." ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 17:09, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

Date of Death

There seems to be a date of birth and death on this portrait, and I seem to be able to make out "1515" for the death. --Parodist 23:00, September 17, 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I had already seen that, but I cannot make out the text immediately before 1515... -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:03, September 17, 2009 (UTC)

I found a higher quality version of her portrait. The text between her name and motto actually says, "Anno 1503," and as anno means "in the year in Latin,[1] it presumably means the portrait was painted in 1503. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 09:16, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

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 :Yes, I had already seen that, but I cannot make out the text immediately before 1515... -- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 23:03, September 17, 2009 (UTC)
+::I found a [[:File:EoessaSakndenberg.jpg|higher quality version]] of her portrait. The text between her name and motto actually says, "Anno 1503," and as ''anno'' means "in the year in Latin,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases:_A] it presumably means the portrait was painted in 1503. <font color="Green">&#x2605;</font color> [[User:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="green">S</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">a</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r</font color><font face="Times" color="green">s</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">u</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f</font color><font face="Times" color="green">f</font color>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!)</font>]]</sup> 09:16, January 4, 2010 (UTC)
-::I found a [[:File:EoessaSakndenberg.jpg|higher quality version]] of her portrait. The text between her name and motto actually says, "Anno 1503," and as ''anno'' means "in the year
-in Latin,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases:_A] it presumably means the portrait was painted in 1503. <font color="Green">&#x2605;</font color> [[User:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="green">S</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">a</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r</font color><font face="Times" color="green">s</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">u</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f</font color><font face="Times" color="green">f</font color>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!)</font>]]</sup> 09:16, January 4, 2010 (UTC)