19-06-2017, 10:24 PM
Thanks -JKP-, not so many examples as would be sufficient to check the idea... anyway here's what I meant, for what it's worth.
My idea is that dots are placed as some intermediate reminders. Less probable for stripes, cause they are in groups by three (dunno why).
The reminders provide the number of base shapes embraced by this particular instance of gallows coverage.
To make it fit, we need to return from my complex composite scheme (drafted in the separate thread) to the less complex Brian's "base shape + tail modifier" CLS which assumes that neither o nor a nor q are composites. In other words, let's treat them as single characters here.
So for your figure 1 (counting left to right, top to bottom):
The dots are seven.
The gallows have multiple loops but I assume that the first gallows coverage embraces "aiind".
Let's count: a + i + i + i + tail modifier + e + tail modifier. Seven shapes.
For your figure 2 (this is f14v).
The dots are twelve.
dychoiin is decomposed as: e + tail modifier + e + tail modifier + e + head modifier (dash) + e + o + i + i + i + tail modifier. Voila - twelve they are.
Figure 3. Here we deal with stripes in groups by three, so actually they are unlikely to serve as reminders, but let's count.
Here the coverage is difficult to project, not certain if it includes k or not, I incline to it not covering k, just there was not enough space below the l to fit the loop, so the guy placed it in between the vords of the preceeding line.
Twelve stripes, let's count the shapes. orain ol qo = 12 shapes.
Figure 4. Nine stripes and a dot. Should it mean nine or ten? Anyway. ykedy counts nine if k is treated as vertical plus a tail mod.
Too few instances to make it significatly more persuasive than gematria, but I like the idea, especially with dots. That's why I asked
My idea is that dots are placed as some intermediate reminders. Less probable for stripes, cause they are in groups by three (dunno why).
The reminders provide the number of base shapes embraced by this particular instance of gallows coverage.
To make it fit, we need to return from my complex composite scheme (drafted in the separate thread) to the less complex Brian's "base shape + tail modifier" CLS which assumes that neither o nor a nor q are composites. In other words, let's treat them as single characters here.
So for your figure 1 (counting left to right, top to bottom):
The dots are seven.
The gallows have multiple loops but I assume that the first gallows coverage embraces "aiind".
Let's count: a + i + i + i + tail modifier + e + tail modifier. Seven shapes.
For your figure 2 (this is f14v).
The dots are twelve.
dychoiin is decomposed as: e + tail modifier + e + tail modifier + e + head modifier (dash) + e + o + i + i + i + tail modifier. Voila - twelve they are.
Figure 3. Here we deal with stripes in groups by three, so actually they are unlikely to serve as reminders, but let's count.
Here the coverage is difficult to project, not certain if it includes k or not, I incline to it not covering k, just there was not enough space below the l to fit the loop, so the guy placed it in between the vords of the preceeding line.
Twelve stripes, let's count the shapes. orain ol qo = 12 shapes.
Figure 4. Nine stripes and a dot. Should it mean nine or ten? Anyway. ykedy counts nine if k is treated as vertical plus a tail mod.
Too few instances to make it significatly more persuasive than gematria, but I like the idea, especially with dots. That's why I asked