27-10-2019, 09:35 PM
The self-citation process describes well the 'text' in the VM. It is a kind of mirror that reflects a reality. The scribe observes that living reality and copies its movement. That reality is none other than the movement of celestial objects. He does no copy it directly from the sky but from a volvelle or other mechanical device that reproduces that movement.
This hypothesis would explain the features of the script described in the autocopist theory. Words are no words but chains of interchangeable symbols. Each symbol has an astronomical meaning, so similarly spelled tokens are near to each other because they depend in some way on each other.
The regularity of the celestial movements would also explain the regularities that we observe in the script. The scribe is not free when writing symbol strings. He reproduces a mechanism, although that mechanism is somewhat flexible, which would explain chains Currier A and B.
This hypothesis would explain the features of the script described in the autocopist theory. Words are no words but chains of interchangeable symbols. Each symbol has an astronomical meaning, so similarly spelled tokens are near to each other because they depend in some way on each other.
The regularity of the celestial movements would also explain the regularities that we observe in the script. The scribe is not free when writing symbol strings. He reproduces a mechanism, although that mechanism is somewhat flexible, which would explain chains Currier A and B.


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