22-06-2019, 08:39 AM
The impression I get, from reading all the earlier papers, is that his entire premise (and storyline) is based on the fact that the lower-left rotum on the "map" folio looks like volcanic magma.
It does. But it also looks like water and nothing that he's "translated" so far points to magma more than water. In fact, in the published paper, his translation has more water-related references than volcano references (a lot of swimming and ports, etc.) which he then CHOOSES to interpret as people swimming away from the eruption rather than considering the possibility that the lower-left might be water rather than lava.
There certainly were many eruptions in that area, it's been volcanically active for milennia. But I don't see any substantive connection between his nonsense translations and Naples history. I see a lot of made up stuff about nuns who weren't there until the 17th century, and a queen with no historical record of mounting his supposed rescue mission.
Storytelling and bravado and a nonsensical substitution cipher with no grammar and no consistent language-group origin for the words.
It does. But it also looks like water and nothing that he's "translated" so far points to magma more than water. In fact, in the published paper, his translation has more water-related references than volcano references (a lot of swimming and ports, etc.) which he then CHOOSES to interpret as people swimming away from the eruption rather than considering the possibility that the lower-left might be water rather than lava.
There certainly were many eruptions in that area, it's been volcanically active for milennia. But I don't see any substantive connection between his nonsense translations and Naples history. I see a lot of made up stuff about nuns who weren't there until the 17th century, and a queen with no historical record of mounting his supposed rescue mission.
Storytelling and bravado and a nonsensical substitution cipher with no grammar and no consistent language-group origin for the words.


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