23-07-2019, 06:14 PM
This is an old and confusing subject. Mary D'Imperio already talked about the similarity of the VM script with the Latin characters and abbreviations.
What I believe is something that MarcoP wrote: if there is a relation, it could be the reuse of existing symbols with a different function. This can be seen in most cases in which medieval alphabets were invented.
The devil is in the details. I've seen in the same page of this astronomical tables codex three ways to write 'radix'. First the whole word, then the R with the right glyph of Eva-t and Eva-k and finally in red the R with a crossed line to indicate the x. All in the same page. All with the same intention or meaning?
If you or someone show me the abbreviation of radix with the glyph identical to that of the VM in a herbarium or a book of any subject, that would be more convincing.
What I believe is something that MarcoP wrote: if there is a relation, it could be the reuse of existing symbols with a different function. This can be seen in most cases in which medieval alphabets were invented.
The devil is in the details. I've seen in the same page of this astronomical tables codex three ways to write 'radix'. First the whole word, then the R with the right glyph of Eva-t and Eva-k and finally in red the R with a crossed line to indicate the x. All in the same page. All with the same intention or meaning?
If you or someone show me the abbreviation of radix with the glyph identical to that of the VM in a herbarium or a book of any subject, that would be more convincing.