09-01-2020, 01:51 AM
Supporting my point 1) above, there are indications that he just blindly copied the spell from elsewhere. I really like the idea about the Alexander's gates being fastened with anchiton, and the grammar works (correct me if it does not), because "te" is ablative. But be it the "gates of Tartar" or "gates of Tartaria" (pretty one and the same thing in the eschatological context), it must be "tartere", not "tar tere". He just did not understand in full what he's been copying, and thus he introduced the space where he shouldn't have.
Next, this "oladabas", the Holy Grail of the Voynich Studies. The day when "oladabas" is found elsewhere must be celebrated. So probably "ola dabas", not "oladabas", this time the space omitted. "Thou givest the jar", not much sense in that (and the more so with the subsequent "multes" (many) or "inultos" (unavenged)), but at least the grammar is respected.
Next, this "oladabas", the Holy Grail of the Voynich Studies. The day when "oladabas" is found elsewhere must be celebrated. So probably "ola dabas", not "oladabas", this time the space omitted. "Thou givest the jar", not much sense in that (and the more so with the subsequent "multes" (many) or "inultos" (unavenged)), but at least the grammar is respected.