I'm currently working on a translation of a number of words, in a way similar to Bax's work.
I don't have a value yet for several "minor" glyphs, which is not a big problem. Most common glyphs are determined and work well. There is, however, also a set of very frequent glyphs that still give me headaches.
It's the one that looks like Greek "pi", EVA "ch" and its various hats. I guess a total of three or four related signs, depending on how you interpret the hats.
There is one thing I'm sure of: it's a ligature or abbreviation representing two to three sounds. The middle sound is a vowel. The first sound appears to be a /k/ or a /t/, depending on the hat. The last sound is usually an /r/, though in one instance I'd really like to read it as a /k/.
So typically I'd get something like /kur/, /kir/, but also /tek/. This doesn't seem to work in all cases though.
I'm relatively new to Voynich studies, and haven't read any interpretation of these glyphs as ligatures yet, though I'm sure many of you have. So are there any parallels in medieval manuscripts?
I don't have a value yet for several "minor" glyphs, which is not a big problem. Most common glyphs are determined and work well. There is, however, also a set of very frequent glyphs that still give me headaches.
It's the one that looks like Greek "pi", EVA "ch" and its various hats. I guess a total of three or four related signs, depending on how you interpret the hats.
There is one thing I'm sure of: it's a ligature or abbreviation representing two to three sounds. The middle sound is a vowel. The first sound appears to be a /k/ or a /t/, depending on the hat. The last sound is usually an /r/, though in one instance I'd really like to read it as a /k/.
So typically I'd get something like /kur/, /kir/, but also /tek/. This doesn't seem to work in all cases though.
I'm relatively new to Voynich studies, and haven't read any interpretation of these glyphs as ligatures yet, though I'm sure many of you have. So are there any parallels in medieval manuscripts?