02-06-2019, 12:56 AM
(01-06-2019, 11:31 PM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.They are similar but I also have about 200 samples of text from that time period that are similar and about 10 of them are extremely similar. Many people wrote numbers that way (including John Dee).
I agree. It can be hard to distinguish authorship of numbers written in the same general epoch. So that's what we know for certain about SSM and VMS numbering: they were likely written not far apart in time.
I guess handwriting experts would have to consider factors other than design to determine the author, such as the spacing between numbers, the relative height of consecutive numbers in relation to each other, and the points or lines were more pressure was applied.
If anyone would like to compare the SSM and the VMS on marginalia authorship, know that the SSM is available online:
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SSM marginalia includes alphabetic letters as well as numbers, which might help out in regard to John Dee's correspondence. Let us know what you find!