I found this interesting excerpt from the book The Secret History of the Canary Islands ,1997 where it is pointed out that the Virgin of Candelaria statue has the following:
"In the carved drapery of the Virgin of Candelaria original there were some strange letters whose meaning is still unknown. These were:
"In the carved drapery of the Virgin of Candelaria original there were some strange letters whose meaning is still unknown. These were:
- Girdle in the neck: ETIEPESEPMERI
- On the left sleeve: LPVRINENIPEPNEIFANT
- At the bottom of the robe: EAFM IPNINI FMEAREI
- In the belt: NARMPRLMOTARE
- In the mantle, in the right arm: OLM INRANFR TAEBNPEM Reven NVINAPIMLIFINIPI NIPIAN
- At the edge of the left hand: EVPMIRNA ENVPMTI EPNMPIR VRVIVINRN APVI MERI PIVNIAN NTRHN
- On the back in the queue: NBIMEI ANNEIPERFMIVIFVE