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RE: Graecofile experience - -JKP- - 07-01-2017
(07-01-2017, 12:53 AM)Diane Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Davidsch
Yes. I studied classical Greek, but alas we had no specialist in the Ionian dialect.
-JKP - that's a fine example of interlinear. I'm still hoping that someone will take seriously the idea that we would learn something useful by compiling statistical tables of comparative letter forms from the Latin- Greek-and Aramaic traditions.
In general, it has been an enormous pleasure to see, just these last eighteen months, that the pre-Christian Hellenistic world is also becoming such a focus of interest.
What I do sometimes hope to see is a wider horizon than Latin Europe, and a wider range of manuscripts considered than the Carollingian Latin Christian. I daresay it will happen in time.
I've been looking outside Europe since the beginning of 2008. In fact, one of the very first places I looked was Thailand (followed by other areas of southeast Asia, the Ivory coast, North America, and Turkey, and pretty much everywhere else) due to some properties of the text and some specifics I saw in some of the illustrations. I didn't publish or post for the first few years because I was hoping to solve the VMS without giving away all my hard-won research. There may be others like me who have been hunting worldwide without necessarily revealing it on the Net.
I don't think we should assume there's been no interest outside the 15th century or outside central Europe just because a certain number of people focused their attention on central Europe or because some researchers felt the underlying text might be in the Latin language. I spent a long time researching the possible use of Latin and Greek in the text as well—it would be foolish not to and maybe Davidsch can spot something others have missed.
As for comparative letter forms, I have a several-month's-old blog mostly written that illustrates the letter origins, a percentage of which are derived from Greek. I can't finish it until I'm done with work, but I'll try to get it posted this weekend.
RE: Graecofile experience - Davidsch - 07-01-2017
The Greek language is a true treasure of information.
Found some good text and this site is highy recommended because of the many links:
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And I forgot to mention the inexhaustible source Perseus (also for Latinists a.o.): You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.