13-05-2019, 08:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-05-2019, 08:03 PM by Mark Knowles.)
Emma: This is just a visual problem and so I hope it can be reconciled. I assume that it is almost universally accepted that we have a "4o" rather than a "qo" and I think we can do the same for the "4p" etc.
I think this is important, because if someone were to say that this is Georgian script, for example, we can question whether that script accommodates the "4" shape or not. For me personally as I associate the Voynich script with the Northern Italian diplomatic cipher alphabets where the "4" character is often used linked to a second letter like "o" or "p" it tallies with the idea of that kind of origin.
I think this is important, because if someone were to say that this is Georgian script, for example, we can question whether that script accommodates the "4" shape or not. For me personally as I associate the Voynich script with the Northern Italian diplomatic cipher alphabets where the "4" character is often used linked to a second letter like "o" or "p" it tallies with the idea of that kind of origin.