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[Antonio García Jiménez]

I am the only one who defends the iconic character of the script. If I fail to convince, I don't think it is due to the very nature of the glyphs, some of which are designed with a clear intention of spatial representation. For example, the little line that is usually transcribed as an i and that has nothing to do with an alphabet. This little line, which also accompanies other glyphs, is not designed vertically but obliquely. Why has the author designed it like this? I simply believe that he imagines it inscribed on a sphere, like the mark of the degree, as was done when a Volvelle was designed.

  What is difficult for our mentality to understand, therefore, I do not believe is the nature of the glyphs, but rather the fact that medieval man saw meaning in a succession of symbols and astronomical objects arranged like a language.