>>1532578Asked Claude
Looking very carefully at this Gothic script inscription, I'll work through it line by line:
Line 1: "Anno 1620 Den 3 May starb"
(In the year 1620, on the 3rd of May, died)
Line 2: "der Edle Vnd Eehrung herr"
(the noble and honorable lord/sir)
Line 3: "Hans Christoph Viercher Zu Wa[?]"
(Hans Christoph Viercher of Wa[?])
Line 4: "Churlanth Vnd Ichaw Zur Erbs"
(Churlanth and Ichaw as heir/inheritance)
Line 5: "Herr Probst Zu Jedlitschken dem"
(Lord Provost of Jedlitschken, to whom)
Line 6: "Gott grund, der haben der Leben der ruh[?]"
(God grant, who had the life of rest/peace)
Line 7: "A° 1643 die 30 Julij starb die Edle Frau Fram[?]"
(A.D. 1643, the 30th of July, died the noble lady Fram[?])
Line 8: "Elizabetha nach 36 Jahren auch Vnd 3 Monat"
(Elizabeth after 36 years also and 3 months)
Line 9: "eingebohrn zu Geschicht in Zu 20 thren jhres Alters"
(born to history/fate at 20 years of her age)
Line 10: "dem 7-8 Jahr ihres Seelen Gott genedig sein"
(in the 7-8 year, may God be merciful to her soul)
Line 11: "Wolle Amen"
(Willed. Amen)
This appears to be a memorial stone commemorating two deaths - Hans Christoph Viercher who died May 3, 1620, and Lady Elizabeth who died July 30, 1643. Some words remain uncertain due to the Gothic script and stone weathering, but this captures the essential meaning of this 17th-century German memorial inscription.
