17-05-2019, 07:09 AM
Hello Don,
what you write is not wrong. However, the thread title doesn't say:
"The top left hand (etc) is a triangle".
Furthermore, Mark says that the purpose of all this is to be able to find the origin of these shapes. At the same time, we are not allowed to look in documents contemporary to the Voynich MS to find examples and counter-examples.
So, just looking at the Voynich MS, in most t and p characters, the leftmost tip is mostly rounded.
In the q characters, it tends to be a bit more pointed, but is also often rounded.
In principle, I suppose one could measure and compute stats of the slopes of the oblique lines, but I think that should be left to someone who thinks that there is a useful outcome of such a non-trivial exercise.
(Implication: it won't be me).
what you write is not wrong. However, the thread title doesn't say:
"The top left hand (etc) is a triangle".
Furthermore, Mark says that the purpose of all this is to be able to find the origin of these shapes. At the same time, we are not allowed to look in documents contemporary to the Voynich MS to find examples and counter-examples.
So, just looking at the Voynich MS, in most t and p characters, the leftmost tip is mostly rounded.
In the q characters, it tends to be a bit more pointed, but is also often rounded.
In principle, I suppose one could measure and compute stats of the slopes of the oblique lines, but I think that should be left to someone who thinks that there is a useful outcome of such a non-trivial exercise.
(Implication: it won't be me).