I've been going through some 15th C heraldic texts recently. I can't read that stuff, maybe one in a hundred can be validated. [Bregenz is unusual.] One of the few things that works, however, is the use of the German 'von'. It's about *how* the word was written. In some texts it is 'vo' with a horizonal bar above the 'o', as an abbreviation. On other examples, the final curve of the 'n' descends well below the line. And in others again, the final 'n' rises like the Voynichese 'am'.
They are only the same word because they *can be read*, not because of their similar orthography.
So, if the VMs 'languages' are correlated to the 'scribes', then some of the differences in the languages are potentially either due to spelling and/or orthography. Is that how things look??
They are only the same word because they *can be read*, not because of their similar orthography.
So, if the VMs 'languages' are correlated to the 'scribes', then some of the differences in the languages are potentially either due to spelling and/or orthography. Is that how things look??