24-03-2019, 02:47 PM
Just a heads up "sneak preview" of the next stage of my work:
In the very first paragraph of the Voynich ms on folio page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , I have come across multiple terms that may be related to Dionysus, the Cult of Dionysus, the Dionysian Mysteries, etc.
In particular, I read the final word of the paragraph, set off to the side by itself and right-justified on the last line, as "Sparagmos".
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Further, I read the word "thursos", plural "thursoi", in both of the first two lines.
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"thursos" is the name for the wand carried by the devotees of Dionysus, and also a name for the devotees of Dionysus themselves.
I do not find the name "Dionysus" itself in the first paragraph. For the skeptics, this shows you that I cannot just twist my method to produce any reading or interpretation that I like. Yes, there are ambiguities in the letter values, but not to the extent that I can just read the word "Dionysus" when it is not there.
Geoffrey
In the very first paragraph of the Voynich ms on folio page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , I have come across multiple terms that may be related to Dionysus, the Cult of Dionysus, the Dionysian Mysteries, etc.
In particular, I read the final word of the paragraph, set off to the side by itself and right-justified on the last line, as "Sparagmos".
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Further, I read the word "thursos", plural "thursoi", in both of the first two lines.
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"thursos" is the name for the wand carried by the devotees of Dionysus, and also a name for the devotees of Dionysus themselves.
I do not find the name "Dionysus" itself in the first paragraph. For the skeptics, this shows you that I cannot just twist my method to produce any reading or interpretation that I like. Yes, there are ambiguities in the letter values, but not to the extent that I can just read the word "Dionysus" when it is not there.
Geoffrey