Quote:With informed judgement, the words may read: mériton o’pasaban + mapeós (thanks is given to God for
the mappings: French, Galician, Latin, Spanish). The Greek sign of the holy cross ‘+’ is
commonly used as a Latin text symbol to represent faith in God, Christ, Christianity. The
circumflex accent ‘^’ beneath the final letter ‘o’ translates into a modern accented ‘ó’ making
the word ‘mapeós’ a preterite indicative verb form: i.e. associated with a past event.
Ouch. Well now we know GC doesn't know how to read medieval text.
Even beginners don't usually mistake "h" for "r" and "l" for "p". He seems to think the "l" is a Voynichese p in both this word and the next one, but it doesn't look anything like Voynich p and it DOES look like a normal medieval Gothic "l". He also doesn't recognize medieval "t" (the curved style). He thinks it's "e".