Ananizapta

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Ananizapta is a medieval inscription, which was supposed to ward off disaster, but which has not yet been interpreted. According to an interpretation of the Ingolstadt homeland researcher Werner Karl, it should mean: "Cursed be the devil by the baptism of Johannes ". It is first documented in an Erfurt manuscript from 1349. The inscription can be found on two city gates in Ingolstadt , the Middleham Jewel in the National Museum York , a silver chalice from the early 16th century in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the large praying bell of Ulm Minster and on a ring that Goethe received in 1794.

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