11-09-2017, 08:34 PM
Hi Davidsch,
I note that you have posted this in the "physical material" section of the forum, rather than analysis of the text, which leads me to believe your question relates to the way the character was physically drawn, with ink and quill, on the vellum, rather than to the meaning of y.
I agree that the y character is composed of a c and a j stroke. This has been observed before, of course.
This is why I don't see how the video examples you give are relevant. I have watched both of the videos you linked to, and they both use an o with a straight or curved tail. Neither uses a c shape as the base.
So, if you are asking me to choose between your two video examples, personally I would have to say "neither".
I think the scribe based his movements on the ones needed to produce the abbreviation MarcoP and JKP refer to in their replies, which, as JKP explains, is based on a 9. But not a 9 written using the hand movements shown in the video you link to (o + l ). A 9 based on a c + j movement.
In your sample text, the spacing between the two strokes makes it looks like the Voynich scribe wrote an e and then went back to change it to a y, somewhat sloppily adding the downstroke. He made another correction in the vord just below the one you circled. Maybe he was getting tired.
I note that you have posted this in the "physical material" section of the forum, rather than analysis of the text, which leads me to believe your question relates to the way the character was physically drawn, with ink and quill, on the vellum, rather than to the meaning of y.
I agree that the y character is composed of a c and a j stroke. This has been observed before, of course.
This is why I don't see how the video examples you give are relevant. I have watched both of the videos you linked to, and they both use an o with a straight or curved tail. Neither uses a c shape as the base.
So, if you are asking me to choose between your two video examples, personally I would have to say "neither".
I think the scribe based his movements on the ones needed to produce the abbreviation MarcoP and JKP refer to in their replies, which, as JKP explains, is based on a 9. But not a 9 written using the hand movements shown in the video you link to (o + l ). A 9 based on a c + j movement.
In your sample text, the spacing between the two strokes makes it looks like the Voynich scribe wrote an e and then went back to change it to a y, somewhat sloppily adding the downstroke. He made another correction in the vord just below the one you circled. Maybe he was getting tired.