10-09-2018, 07:12 PM
"The text remains untranslated, but the authors write that it appears to be a synthetic language, as predicted by William Friedman, or possibly a mutually known language used in written communication by Aztec traders."
I don't want to break this site's regulations about flaming, but if this is a fair reflection of the authors' success in making sense of the text then I can only hope they're better at recognising armadillos.
Incidentally, I wonder whether it was the sixteenth century Spanish scribe or the 'Aztec traders' who included the German marginalia, German/French colour indicators and Southern French month names?
I don't want to break this site's regulations about flaming, but if this is a fair reflection of the authors' success in making sense of the text then I can only hope they're better at recognising armadillos.
Incidentally, I wonder whether it was the sixteenth century Spanish scribe or the 'Aztec traders' who included the German marginalia, German/French colour indicators and Southern French month names?