25-04-2019, 11:09 PM
Morten, I've already told you the plus sign was widely used in charms (in the 14th and 15th centuries).
You're the one who is inventing the "fact" that it is being used as a mathematical symbol on this folio. The plus sign was used for many different purposes. I've already listed five of them.
Your theory-driven assumption "decided" it was a mathematical operator, but the truth is that it can mean a number of things.
There is a very simple reason for that. Very simple. I look into it more thoroughly than you. There's no reason why you couldn't do that too.
Research is NOT about grabbing the first thing that comes up. It's about looking around and learning what really happened. You would have to be very gullible to trust everything that pops up at the top of Google search. It might be right, but often it is not. It still has to be verified.
You're the one who is inventing the "fact" that it is being used as a mathematical symbol on this folio. The plus sign was used for many different purposes. I've already listed five of them.
Your theory-driven assumption "decided" it was a mathematical operator, but the truth is that it can mean a number of things.
Quote:Morten: I figured you would find something. You usually do.
There is a very simple reason for that. Very simple. I look into it more thoroughly than you. There's no reason why you couldn't do that too.
Research is NOT about grabbing the first thing that comes up. It's about looking around and learning what really happened. You would have to be very gullible to trust everything that pops up at the top of Google search. It might be right, but often it is not. It still has to be verified.