Meaning of cannon inscription?

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This mystery inscription is on a small bronze cannon maybe 3 ft. Long, present owner unk, but I’m really interested in any ideas on the meaning of the inscription. Supposedly found in Boulder, CO., decades ago. Spanish? Portuguese? Santa Fe as in MN or what? https://www.flickr.com/photos/189102681@N07/shares/6M3RD46xy8

 

As in NM. Would be surprised if there is one in Minnesota.

 

Santa Fé means "Holy Faith" so the inscription doesn't necessarily have anything to do with a location.

Debora

 

Thanks. Nice lady named Deni said:
“interesting conversation and interesting inscription. I would have to see more of it but what I can read is as follows:
enemigos de nuestra Santa Fe
enemies of our holy faith
without other photos I can't be sure what else it says but I think it was a weapon used against their enemies in a successful campaign. I think it says victoria contra as well? Victory against the enemies of our holy faith.
It reads like Spanish to me. but I can't see the full inscription.
without seeing the full inscription I can't tell you whether references the place or whether just our holy faith.”

I’m pretty sure it means Holy Faith.

 

The only word I can read completely is "Los" so Spanish, not Portuguese.

Debora

 

Not my subject but... I'd assume -- and, of course, this may be really wrong -- that the only reason it would carry the name of a location (such as Santa Fé) is if it were cast there. And, beyond the city in New Mexico, there are many places named Santa Fé all through Spain and Latin America including a fort in Chile.

Debora

 

Perhaps it uses this phrase: "...infieles y enemigos de nuestra santa Fe Catolica" or "... infidels and enemies of our holy Catholic faith."

Debora

 

Was this just on the Antiques Roadshow?

This one?
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/s...anish-colonial-swivel-gun-ca-1700--202101T97/

 

Goof catch SayIt- a very interesting story. 'Uncle Harry found it digging in his garden'-a 17th century Spanish swivel gun !?

 

I may be way out in left field, but, to me, the one line looks like "Amigos de NRA (friends of the NRA--National Rifle Association)"

 

I can also make out 'Vict', presumably Victoria, so Victory.

Nra in Spanish is an abbreviation of Nuestra, Our. So Nra Sta Fé is Nuestra Santa Fé, Our Holy Faith.

I don't think the National Rifle Association dates back to the 17th-18th century, and they didn't have a Spanish-Mexican branch.

 

The NRA was founded in 1871.
As an aside,but still regarding 'swivel guns-some of the most striking naval swivel guns ever made were the 'Lantakas'.
Here's the wiki description-'Lantaka or Rentaka was a type of bronze portable cannon or swivel gun, sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships in Maritime Southeast Asia.It was commonly equipped by native seafaring vessels from the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia.' They were decorated with dragons and other mythical beasts and are some of the most beautiful weapons ever made.