02-03-2023, 01:37 AM
(01-03-2019, 10:30 AM)nickpelling wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It has been argued (certainly by me, and without much doubt by numerous others) that most of the marginalia were originally by the same hand (though not the zodiac hand). There is also a weak case (from the 'p' in 'pm9') that the early quire numbers were by this same hand.Maria is a German word though?
It has further been argued by others (but not by me) that the apparent presence of Voynichese in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. marginalia implies that the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. marginalia were by one of the main Voynichese hands. I'm sympathetic to this view, but I think it's probably wrong.
I don't know of anyone arguing for a German origin from the apparent German fragments in the marginalia. To look for am underlying language for f116v, it could perhaps be argued that you should start from the "ahia + maria" fragment, which I don't believe is to be found in anyone's German dictionary. :-)
Philip Neal once pointed out that the (supposed) German fragments in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and f116v appear to be in significantly different German dialects, which perhaps makes things even less clear.
