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From: John Piet
Remote Name: 24.255.33.213
Date: 07/05/2012
Time: 11:29:08 AM
David, This text can be found on an 16th Century engraving by Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). --- http://tinyurl.com/7wj3tx4 --- He was German so the language could be a German dialect, or just very old German. The phrase "Die zwelt Monet" corresponds to the German "Die zwölf Monate" or "the twelve months". Try Google searches for Beham and different combinations of these expressions and you may find a translation. Does your stein have artwork similar to Beham's engraving?