30-12-2016, 03:36 AM
(30-12-2016, 12:02 AM)Sam G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Well, if you think the text is a ciphertext, or that it is written in a known language, then in theory it should be possible to read the text without making use of the illustrations at all by simply identifying the cipher mechanism or language which has been used to produce the text.
Since I think the text is written in some otherwise unknown language in an unencrypted form, I think the only way to understand the text is by making some kind of connection between it and the illustrations. We can't really know for sure if this is possible or not. It depends on the specifics. I tend to assume that the text is related to the illustrations, but we don't know how closely related it is in general.
Yes, I agree. We don't know for sure yet how related they are, but I think most evidence points towards a close relationship. For example in q13 paragraphs often start next to a new element in the drawing, giving the impression that each section of the image has its own chunk of text.
The only other way to explain this is to assume malicious intent on the part of 'the author' but I don't buy into that.