18-04-2021, 04:28 PM
I don't think a lipogrammatic text which redacts entire words makes any sense.
I would suggest that the medieval mindset would have led to a substitution of the prohibited word, rather than an attempt to remove it altogether - what would be the point in a long text?
It would end up like those old narrative fiction novels that blank out names... as in The Earl of - who led the Regiment of - went to Canterbury in 17-....
You end up saying "what? Who? When?" to yourself and have no idea what's going on. (They did it, it seems, to prevent any mistakes creeping in which might lead to a lawsuit from a real Earl for having been defamed, or to avoid the attention of the political censors).
So instead, in a personal diary, you'd write the Earl of xyz, and know that, actually, you're talking about Ronald McDonald or whoever. Which is the way medieval ciphers worked - they tended to just encipher nouns or pre-arranged phrases
I would suggest that the medieval mindset would have led to a substitution of the prohibited word, rather than an attempt to remove it altogether - what would be the point in a long text?
It would end up like those old narrative fiction novels that blank out names... as in The Earl of - who led the Regiment of - went to Canterbury in 17-....
You end up saying "what? Who? When?" to yourself and have no idea what's going on. (They did it, it seems, to prevent any mistakes creeping in which might lead to a lawsuit from a real Earl for having been defamed, or to avoid the attention of the political censors).
So instead, in a personal diary, you'd write the Earl of xyz, and know that, actually, you're talking about Ronald McDonald or whoever. Which is the way medieval ciphers worked - they tended to just encipher nouns or pre-arranged phrases
(18-04-2021, 02:00 PM)geoffreycaveney wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It was extremely exhausting to write, and I expect it will probably be rather painful to read as well..You should have just written it normally, then used search & replace
