Marco,
This is a very good thread and there is a nice evolution in your work.
As you remember our mails on the herbal of Cadamosto it follows almost the same classification of "Galenic qualities".
As i suggested then, i would like to repeat that the letters (i then wrote gallow character) could represent a number 1,2,3 or 4 (or more) at a given position which is reference to a "quality".
That means that the first and/or the last letter of any word, are actually a number and the remainder is a real word or a lookup-up-in-a table word.
For example, these are possible
dain => d=8 + ain = ?
chedy => che=? + dy= 89
If you make a classification based on these as well there could be more logic involved.
PS.
Notice that this notation looks like "the last page marginalia".
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Addition 1 (Cresques):
the moon is the nature of water, cold and damp
the sun has the nature of fire, hot and dry
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Addition 2:
And to go even further: the vords could also be composed in sections, where each section represents a "quality".
for example vord ABcdEF could contain sections AB=water=o/fire=qo cd=male/female EF=damp/dry/hot/cold
The possible letters on those positions following my intense research prove to be very strict, so why not assume that those positions are an abbrev. for the mentioned "qualities" ?
the moon, water, cold, damp
the sun, fire, hot , dry
[GR]
το φεγγάρι, το νερό, το κρύο, την υγρασία
ο ήλιος, η φωτιά, καυτό, ξηρό
to fengári , to neró , to krýo , tin ygrasía
o ílios , i fotiá , kaftó, xiró
[PORT]
a lua, água, frio, úmido
o sol, fogo, quente, seco
This is a very good thread and there is a nice evolution in your work.
As you remember our mails on the herbal of Cadamosto it follows almost the same classification of "Galenic qualities".
As i suggested then, i would like to repeat that the letters (i then wrote gallow character) could represent a number 1,2,3 or 4 (or more) at a given position which is reference to a "quality".
That means that the first and/or the last letter of any word, are actually a number and the remainder is a real word or a lookup-up-in-a table word.
For example, these are possible
dain => d=8 + ain = ?
chedy => che=? + dy= 89
If you make a classification based on these as well there could be more logic involved.
PS.
Notice that this notation looks like "the last page marginalia".
-----------
Addition 1 (Cresques):
the moon is the nature of water, cold and damp
the sun has the nature of fire, hot and dry
-----------
Addition 2:
And to go even further: the vords could also be composed in sections, where each section represents a "quality".
for example vord ABcdEF could contain sections AB=water=o/fire=qo cd=male/female EF=damp/dry/hot/cold
The possible letters on those positions following my intense research prove to be very strict, so why not assume that those positions are an abbrev. for the mentioned "qualities" ?
the moon, water, cold, damp
the sun, fire, hot , dry
[GR]
το φεγγάρι, το νερό, το κρύο, την υγρασία
ο ήλιος, η φωτιά, καυτό, ξηρό
to fengári , to neró , to krýo , tin ygrasía
o ílios , i fotiá , kaftó, xiró
[PORT]
a lua, água, frio, úmido
o sol, fogo, quente, seco