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RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - DONJCH - 25-08-2019
Wouldn't the proposed method be very difficult to carry out over 200 or so pages of text?
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - Koen G - 25-08-2019
(25-08-2019, 12:01 AM)DONJCH Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Wouldn't the proposed method be very difficult to carry out over 200 or so pages of text?
That's what I was thinking as well; this is often the problem with more complex ciphers. It depends on whether or not one can become fluent in writing and reading the code.
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - radapox - 25-08-2019
(25-08-2019, 12:01 AM)DONJCH Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Wouldn't the proposed method be very difficult to carry out over 200 or so pages of text?
Well, you could start over at any given point; say, once a page.
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - Helmut Winkler - 25-08-2019
@Anton,
syllable is a term in medieval grammar, cp. Is. Et. I 14, every medieval Magister Artium should know it, and I feel quite sure our author was an M.A.
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - bi3mw - 25-08-2019
Hello radapox,
I like your approach because basically it's easy. Something like this is feasible for a writer of the early 15th century. I myself tend to make things too complicated and end up mostly in dead ends
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - radapox - 25-08-2019
(25-08-2019, 08:52 AM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hello radapox,
I like your approach because basically it's easy. Something like this is feasible for a writer of the early 15th century. I myself tend to make things too complicated and end up mostly in dead ends
Thanks! I'm not suggesting that I'm on the right track or that this would be the only underlying principle to the cipher, but I thought it's an interesting idea to consider.
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - davidjackson - 25-08-2019
What I one is that you're a Dutch linguist. A perfect backup in case Koen gets hit by a bus
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - radapox - 25-08-2019
(25-08-2019, 10:03 AM)davidjackson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....you're a Dutch linguist. A perfect backup in case Koen gets hit by a bus
Wait till I launch my pet theory that the VM is clearly written in Old Dutch. I mean, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.! Ink, letters, parchment, what more do you want?
RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - Linda - 25-08-2019
Don't laugh but that was my first thought when i first saw the text, i had been looking at old genealogical records and some of the writing seemed similar.
I went looking for a quick example, didn't find what i was looking for, but found this, maybe handwriting analysis like this (see the graphs re direction of slant etc) could point to similarities in writings of various places?
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RE: Look at *differences* between words rather than at the words themselves? - radapox - 25-08-2019
(25-08-2019, 04:22 PM)Linda Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.found this, maybe handwriting analysis like this (see the graphs re direction of slant etc) could point to similarities in writings of various places?
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Hah! I can see how you'd think that.