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    Default Notification for spanish princess - just a remark

    Hi there!

    Initially I'd like to say that I really enjoy playing DLV and appreciate the effort you guys put into that mod.
    I just got one really marginal annotation I'd like to make - I was looking around for a thread where I could just add this, but I didn't actually found one, so I just opened a new one. I hope thats ok.
    While playing DLV, I incidentially noticed the message concerning the coming of age of a spanish princess, more precisely I wondered about the linked image.



    I'm not sure to which degree of detail DLV is concerned with historical accuracy issues etc., so if I'm nit-picking too much just tell me , but to me, it just didn't seem to fit for Spain. The reason is, that the banners in the image are bearing the Middle High German inscription (though it is cut off at the bottom, this is what probably would be the full sentence) Uns ist noch hiute liep vernomen / Süeze und iemer niuwe / Ir inneclichiu triuwe / Ir liep ir leit ir wunne ir not, roughly to be translated as Still today it is enjoyable for us to hear / Sweet and every now and then anew / Of her dearly faithfulness / Her love, her sorrow, her delight, her misery. It just catched my eye as firstly it is a part of the beginning of "Tristan" by Gottfried von Straßburg (~1210), which I read for the university last year. Secondly, I saw almost exactly the same picture - I'm still unsure if it maybe is just that picture - with that inscription over the door in the king's bedroom in Neuschwanstein Castle.
    As I said, this is just a minor thing, and I'm not sure whether you care about it. It just attracted my attention and I thought it might maybe useful to share it with you, for the benefit of the Artfixer 5.0 or anything like that.

    Greetings and keep up the good work!

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    Default Re: Notification for spanish princess - just a remark

    Ah yes, you are correct in part but the medieval beauty in question was actually Spanish & much admired by the German author. Indeed he loved her so much that she was the inspiration for his epic literary work.

    As a footnote you can see that even in the 13th Century DLV was much admired , as the fair maiden is checking out the handbook!
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    I see, very interesting. Thank you for answering!

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    For clarification of my rather silly post you might want to check out this thread
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=118949
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    Thanks, now I see.
    Just one question is still on my mind, where can I order such a beautiful handwritten folio of the handbook?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hadubrant View Post
    Thanks, now I see.
    Just one question is still on my mind, where can I order such a beautiful handwritten folio of the handbook?
    They're out of print I'm afraid. However if you happen to own a TARDIS..
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