(08-04-2019, 10:25 AM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Right. In a way, the Christogram (chi-rho) could be the same as a benched gallow. This was also known to Latin scribes, but only as a symbol, not a productive process. So you'd almost say the glyph set is an exhibition of Latin and Greek scribal tricks.
I've said for a long time Voynichese might be designed to "look" like Latin.
It might be numbers designed to look like Latin.
For example, taking a cc shape and connecting it makes it look like a common Latin ligature (ci, cc, cr, etc.), but maybe it's ee in disguise. Maybe sh is three cees in a row (in disguise).
Quite a few glyphs can be either numbers or letters (e.g., o, a, i, e, d, g, p...).
But then you get one like the 9 symbol. It resembles a number BUT it is positioned like a Latin abbreviation. If the VMS has nulls (I'm not sure whether it does), the 9 might be one of the strongest candidates.