07-03-2017, 03:03 AM
R.S. wrote: "But a hausbuch is intended to contain important and useful information. Has the VMs provided any important and useful information? It is a text that has been under investigation for a century. What has the VMs investigation revealed? Any of the important and useful information of a hausbuch?"
The fact that it is written in an unusual way says to me it was for a specific audience, and may have been important and useful to that audience, whether it was a patron, a person, or a small group. It seems unlikely so much work (perhaps several years of work) would go into something that was not important to someone.
There is a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on why people encode things and in that thread I mention the doctor who gave his daughter several reasons for encoding his medical information. He wanted it to be for himself (even though it was information available elsewhere) and he pointed out that information has more value, or at least a higher perceived value, if it is not readable by everyone.
The fact that it is written in an unusual way says to me it was for a specific audience, and may have been important and useful to that audience, whether it was a patron, a person, or a small group. It seems unlikely so much work (perhaps several years of work) would go into something that was not important to someone.
There is a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on why people encode things and in that thread I mention the doctor who gave his daughter several reasons for encoding his medical information. He wanted it to be for himself (even though it was information available elsewhere) and he pointed out that information has more value, or at least a higher perceived value, if it is not readable by everyone.