At the top of the right margin of You are not allowed to view links.
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s l l o r s). They only partially align with the text (in particular, the characters are six, but they only span five lines).
Have you seen similar things in the VMS or in other manuscripts?
(30-10-2017, 01:35 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.At the top of the right margin of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. there is a peculiar column of six characters (possibly s l l o r s). They only partially align with the text (in particular, the characters are six, but they only span five lines).
Have you seen similar things in the VMS or in other manuscripts?
Yes, but not usually on the right-hand side and, as you point out, they usually align with the adjacent text.
It's typically found in lists, poetry, songs, and indexes. I've never seen it quite like this.
Unless this indicates that [or] is a digraph.
(30-10-2017, 03:31 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Unless this indicates that [or] is a digraph.
If
or is a digraph then statistically
ox should be too.
Could they be sigils?
I'm trying to think of an abbreviation that could fit - this could be a common abbreviated phrase that has been jotted down by the scribe.
s l l o r[s] s
A clue? Now, double letters usually indicated a plural, so the double l could be a plural word.
So, can anyone think of a common phrase, five words long, of which the second word is a plural noun?
Of course, even if it is a sigilled phrase, it could well be nonsense.
Polish Baths charge [much money] entrance would fit both context and sigils, for example...
(30-10-2017, 03:33 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (30-10-2017, 03:31 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Unless this indicates that [or] is a digraph.
If or is a digraph then statistically ox should be too.
I wouldn't be surprised if it were. If Voynichese is a language, digraphs might be part of the solution.
I was thinking that it could be a word written vertically (again, I would like to see examples in other manuscripts).
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occurs in Quire 13.
llory in Quire 20
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sl.ar occurs in You are not allowed to view links.
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This weird
sllors could be a word, maybe.