10-10-2023, 01:00 PM
While doing the Koen's exercise, what I was looking was any signs of intentionality.
Taking the same example of the two glyphs not included in the exercise. If we find that they are used interchangeably in the same position inside the vords or even better, inside the same vords, then it could be an indicator that they are the same and that the different look is just a matter of idle hand or style. Of course, it could also mean that they may be the same but with some different property (e.g., accent). This would need to check at least a quite large deal of the manuscript.
But again, it could also mean just that the vord is different and the glyphs just look alike for some curious reason, maybe because of the glyph design process that grouped things in that way.
Quote:That is a set of two questions:
- which are the different possible shapes? (note: since they are handwritten, no two are identical, so we need to identify groups of characters that we can consider representing the same item)
Taking the same example of the two glyphs not included in the exercise. If we find that they are used interchangeably in the same position inside the vords or even better, inside the same vords, then it could be an indicator that they are the same and that the different look is just a matter of idle hand or style. Of course, it could also mean that they may be the same but with some different property (e.g., accent). This would need to check at least a quite large deal of the manuscript.
But again, it could also mean just that the vord is different and the glyphs just look alike for some curious reason, maybe because of the glyph design process that grouped things in that way.