02-07-2018, 10:29 AM
Thank you, Koen!
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., by John Paston II, 1475 ca, England, is an interesting manuscript. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. says that it is of a "relatively informal nature". My impression is that the Voynich Latin script is much more formal: character shapes are regular and characters are typically separated from each other. Paston's script seems "cursive" in both the meanings mentioned above: the pen is rarely lifted from the sheet and it has a "messy" feel that seems to derive from being written quickly. In my opinion, the Voynich Latin script is neither strongly connected nor has a hasty look: it is a Cursiva (because of the loops and single-compartment a) but not cursive (in those two meanings); it appears to have been written slowly and carefully, like the main body of unreadable text. For instance, note how consecutive loops overlap in Paston's detail lines 2 and three and how differently they are treated in Voynich f17r.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has an example of a 1500 "quite formal" notarial script from Italy. I think the comparison can help formulating an opinion about the degree of formality of the Voynich Latin script.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., by John Paston II, 1475 ca, England, is an interesting manuscript. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. says that it is of a "relatively informal nature". My impression is that the Voynich Latin script is much more formal: character shapes are regular and characters are typically separated from each other. Paston's script seems "cursive" in both the meanings mentioned above: the pen is rarely lifted from the sheet and it has a "messy" feel that seems to derive from being written quickly. In my opinion, the Voynich Latin script is neither strongly connected nor has a hasty look: it is a Cursiva (because of the loops and single-compartment a) but not cursive (in those two meanings); it appears to have been written slowly and carefully, like the main body of unreadable text. For instance, note how consecutive loops overlap in Paston's detail lines 2 and three and how differently they are treated in Voynich f17r.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has an example of a 1500 "quite formal" notarial script from Italy. I think the comparison can help formulating an opinion about the degree of formality of the Voynich Latin script.