After You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. it can be assumed that in regular medieval texts the portion of abbreviations lies with an order of magnitude of approx. 7.5%.
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If the writers of the VMS wrote so extremely in abbreviations that the text is no longer readable for others, then a simple question arises: Should the text be hidden from others or not ? In other words: Is it a form of encryption or only a writing habit ( for instance out of convenience ) ? In the latter case there might be a chance for a successful "decryption", otherwise the chances would be rather low.
Perhaps one could work with the frequency of abbreviations:
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If the writers of the VMS wrote so extremely in abbreviations that the text is no longer readable for others, then a simple question arises: Should the text be hidden from others or not ? In other words: Is it a form of encryption or only a writing habit ( for instance out of convenience ) ? In the latter case there might be a chance for a successful "decryption", otherwise the chances would be rather low.
Perhaps one could work with the frequency of abbreviations:
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