04-07-2018, 05:26 PM
Of course, Nick Pelling and Julian, JB, and many other have talked about the link of the stars with stones and herbs. I only want to highlight the huge value of El Lapidario as paradigm of the Voynich.
I usually read the things all of you post in the forum. You are people who have studied the Voynich during years. I would be silly if I woudn't keep in mind what you write.
For example, I've read what many of you have written about (q) or the arrow as I like to name it, and (q) before (o).
You, JKP, has written that in some round drawings (wheel shapes) the text within a spoke sometimes begins with (qo), and that (qo) often skip over labels.
David Jackson, talking about spelling rules, says that (q) appears exclusively as a prefix and almost always followed by (o).
Emma thinks that (q) seems to have a grammatical rather than sound function.
Koen also says that (q) is rare in labels and that appears 99% of the time at the beginning of words.
Marco talks about the preference of (q) for appearance at the beginning of lines.
These opinions and others have convinced me that the (q), the arrow, is a movement sign and therefore don't appears in labels, and that the pair (qo) indicates the ortho of a grade or star when comes out over the eastern horizon, what in Astrology is known as the Ascendant, a very important astral aspect.
Maybe I'm wrong, but of one thing I'm sure. Solving the Voynich must be a collectiv work.
I usually read the things all of you post in the forum. You are people who have studied the Voynich during years. I would be silly if I woudn't keep in mind what you write.
For example, I've read what many of you have written about (q) or the arrow as I like to name it, and (q) before (o).
You, JKP, has written that in some round drawings (wheel shapes) the text within a spoke sometimes begins with (qo), and that (qo) often skip over labels.
David Jackson, talking about spelling rules, says that (q) appears exclusively as a prefix and almost always followed by (o).
Emma thinks that (q) seems to have a grammatical rather than sound function.
Koen also says that (q) is rare in labels and that appears 99% of the time at the beginning of words.
Marco talks about the preference of (q) for appearance at the beginning of lines.
These opinions and others have convinced me that the (q), the arrow, is a movement sign and therefore don't appears in labels, and that the pair (qo) indicates the ortho of a grade or star when comes out over the eastern horizon, what in Astrology is known as the Ascendant, a very important astral aspect.
Maybe I'm wrong, but of one thing I'm sure. Solving the Voynich must be a collectiv work.