(08-05-2020, 11:49 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Interesting. He seems to know what he's talking about. Although, is this true?
Quote:The position where the abbreviation character 9 never however occurs, in common medieval utilisation, is at the end of the word. Although there are some Latin words which end in cum or con (but not however in cun or com), these cases are however delimited to certain forms of declension. In this case, the ending has then been written out in full or abbreviated in another manner.
What!!!!!!!!!!!!
WRONG, WRONG, and wrong again.
It's at the ends of words about 80% of the time. The rest of the time, it's at the beginning. Some scribes don't use it at the beginning. In other words, in some manuscripts, it's at the end of the word 100% (or 98%) of the time.
And the part about "cum" or "con" is horsepucky. He seems to think that the 9 abbreviation always means "cum" or "con". This is not correct. At the beginning it is usually "com" or "con" and IT DOESN'T MEAN THE SAME THING AT THE END, but the same character is used. It is context-sensitive to the location in the word. This is the part he doesn't appear to have grasped and it is VERY basic. Very basic.
He learned just enough to sound good to someone with no background in medieval script, but not enough to keep himself out of trouble. He's given away that he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Paul Weiler wrote:Even the eminent Voynich experts will have some breathtaking experiences.
Not the kind I was hoping for.