Which other manuscript contain the most Voynichese glyphs?
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(09-06-2018, 10:16 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So I just decided to open a random manuscript - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - and was able to find the following correspondent glyphs. Mostly the ones in the "final abbreviations" category.


Would the following conclusions be correct?

  1. EVA-l is rare as a non-numeral.
  2. EVA g, m, s, y, n are not particularly rare and generally used for abbreviating.
  3. Benches are not particularly rare and are generally ligatures.
  4. It's harder to find regular use of (2) ánd (3) in the same manuscript? (this is just from my very limited experience).
  5. Gallows still lack a decent parallel that coincides with (2) and (3).
What I mean with (4) is that in a "flowy" hand like the one below (early 15thC Spanish) you'll get the abbreviations and flourishes but not really the benches as they appear in the VM.

Hi Koen,
I have added what seems to me a good enough "bench", the "cr" ligature in "lucrum", You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., right column, line 15.

   

There also are a few "ci" that could match ch. Parallels for Sh are typically harder to find. I don't have the impression that your points (2) and (3) typically do not appear together, but my experience is the same as yours, so who knows?

I want to thank you again for this thread. I find the subject intriguing and I think there are a number of things worth discussing in this context. I must definitely read something about medieval scripts, at least enough to understand basic classification criteria.
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RE: Which other manuscript contain the most Voynichese glyphs? - by MarcoP - 13-06-2018, 06:33 PM

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