Yes, I agree.
Another example: this herb looks like that herb, because the leaves are the same, although the flowers are not similara and the root is longer.
The name is probably x or y or z. So, what does it help us? Nothing.
Sure! it is fun to browse through ms and Dioscordides-like drawings, but it is not really relevant in the decryption to endlessly discuss all the possibilities
if it is obvious that for 2000 years the determination produces NOT 1 definitive result. Look at all the synonyms and different drawings for 1 plant in the Materia Medica copies and derivatives.
From the perspective of the text however I think it is still relevant to investigate old manuscripts and their text. But in order to compare it with the VMS two things have to be done:
* transcribe old similar corpora (greek, latin, german, english etc.)
* understand old text and transpose it on the VMS text (the secret lies in how to do that of course)
Fact is that the majority of the people is too lazy, and also most people are not interested in it. Here on ninja, roughly I count 5 or 6 people interested in old corpora.
That is a real pity, because finally it all boils down to ....... text.
Another example: this herb looks like that herb, because the leaves are the same, although the flowers are not similara and the root is longer.
The name is probably x or y or z. So, what does it help us? Nothing.
Sure! it is fun to browse through ms and Dioscordides-like drawings, but it is not really relevant in the decryption to endlessly discuss all the possibilities
if it is obvious that for 2000 years the determination produces NOT 1 definitive result. Look at all the synonyms and different drawings for 1 plant in the Materia Medica copies and derivatives.
From the perspective of the text however I think it is still relevant to investigate old manuscripts and their text. But in order to compare it with the VMS two things have to be done:
* transcribe old similar corpora (greek, latin, german, english etc.)
* understand old text and transpose it on the VMS text (the secret lies in how to do that of course)
Fact is that the majority of the people is too lazy, and also most people are not interested in it. Here on ninja, roughly I count 5 or 6 people interested in old corpora.
That is a real pity, because finally it all boils down to ....... text.