05-03-2017, 07:06 PM
First you shift to reverse. And then throw in 'books such as these'. That makes it a tricky question to answer. But I would agree with JKP, that recipes would be more likely in terms of what the VMs presents. One might expect numbers in records and ledgers, or as chapter and verse is religious texts. But the VMs is not a text 'such as those'. I mostly agree with those who describe the appearance of the VMs as an alchemical-herbal. And as one might find numbers being used in other alchemical-herbals, similar expectations would be reasonable for the VMs. Not only the numbers of the things being specified, but the nature of the things being enumerated.
The request for numbers is interesting, but has it been productive? As a distant spectator, I would say it has not.
The request for numbers is interesting, but has it been productive? As a distant spectator, I would say it has not.