Mark, whether you believe it or not isn't very relevant to this thread.
It's some observations (based on 12 years of studying manuscripts) and some gallows-character brainstorming ideas. These are things I've noticed while looking at manuscripts that might be relevant and might not.
I've already posted many examples on my blogs. Even if I hadn't, the purpose of ninja threads is not to teach you palaeography. There are specialized sites on the Web where you can gain some basic knowledge of this field.
If you think "it's no evidence at all" it might be because you haven't read any Greek or Latin manuscripts.
I didn't start it to convince anyone of anything. Maybe there are Greek origins in the VMS glyph-shapes, maybe not. It does matter to me to get the idea out and discuss it with people who are interested in medieval scribal conventions and the possible origins of some of the less common VMS glyphs.
I think we would all benefit if we could work out why the benched gallows are created as they are. After searching world alphabets for several years, the one historical precedent that stands out to me is the convention of benching and stacking in Greek (in both letters and numbers), so that might be a good place to start in terms of unraveling this part of the mystery. A couple of the benched gallows even resemble Latinized versions of benched Greek characters, so it's not only the concept that's intriguing, it's some of the shapes.
It's some observations (based on 12 years of studying manuscripts) and some gallows-character brainstorming ideas. These are things I've noticed while looking at manuscripts that might be relevant and might not.
Mark Knowles wrote:If you say a specific glyph can be found in a variety of given sources then you should be able to illustrate these examples.
I've already posted many examples on my blogs. Even if I hadn't, the purpose of ninja threads is not to teach you palaeography. There are specialized sites on the Web where you can gain some basic knowledge of this field.
If you think "it's no evidence at all" it might be because you haven't read any Greek or Latin manuscripts.
I didn't start it to convince anyone of anything. Maybe there are Greek origins in the VMS glyph-shapes, maybe not. It does matter to me to get the idea out and discuss it with people who are interested in medieval scribal conventions and the possible origins of some of the less common VMS glyphs.
I think we would all benefit if we could work out why the benched gallows are created as they are. After searching world alphabets for several years, the one historical precedent that stands out to me is the convention of benching and stacking in Greek (in both letters and numbers), so that might be a good place to start in terms of unraveling this part of the mystery. A couple of the benched gallows even resemble Latinized versions of benched Greek characters, so it's not only the concept that's intriguing, it's some of the shapes.