21-06-2018, 08:41 PM
(21-06-2018, 07:20 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Given our current knowledge, can we best describe Voynichese script as a mix of 15th century abbreviations and ligatures on the one hand and habits from legal writing on the other?
And if so, might it be a good forum task to collect some more legal documents and try to get a better view on the evolution and geographical distribution of relevant scripts?
I am not sure there is an influence of legal scripts in particular. I also believe that digging into the evolution of scripts is best done with a good book (I have a couple of titles I want to check).
What I liked of the (soon forgotten) original idea of this thread was looking for a single source with as many matching glyphs as possible. We know it will not be 100%, but I believe it is a worthy hunt. As you pointed out, the best parallels that have been mentioned appear to be later than the VMS: finding something similar but earlier would certainly be another small step forward.


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