Thank you Rene. Here's my review of this list.
Currier designations are taken from voynich.nu. Assessment of whether a character is or is not a j is my personal one. To exclude bias, I first assesыed the characters, and only then looked up for Currier A/B.
Red means "not a j". Green means a j. Blue is undecided.
f6r.11 olchaj - not a j. An m. Faded descender is visible.
f6v.4 jajy - Currier A
f23r.9 [dj]she - not a j. A d.
f24r.17 cthoj - not a j. An m. Faded descender is visible.
f47r.2 cha[dj]aiin - uncertain
f55r.11 oka[mj] - uncertain
f57r.9 daii[dj]y - not a j. A d.
f67r1.C2 chetejy - not sure if I'm looking at the right vord, but this one definitely has e as its base shape, hence cannot be a j. A curious case of d with the disjointed loop.
f68v1.C1 yee[gj] - e is the base shape, a choice between d and g.
f72r1.C1 a[dj]al - could not find this one
f75r.26 dar,ajy - Currier B
f82r.L7 okaira[dj]y - Currier B
f86r3.S13 ofdaj - not sure what folio is this
f88r.4 cheo[jm]am - clear visibilty of the difference between j and m - Currier A
f96v.1 osoj - Currier A
f105r.31 aii[jd]y - Currier B
f105r.32 ajam - clear visibilty of the difference between j and m - Currier B
f106r.4 arojy - Currier B
Let's add You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. here (as mentioned above) which is also Currier B.
Results:
9 confirmed occurrences of j. Of those 3 are in Currier A and 6 are in Currier B. The range of folios is from 6 to 106.
Conclusions:
j is not Currier-specific and is not a "later" introduction for later folios. It is a legitimate glyph.
The bad thing is that this undermines the elegance of the "base shape + tail modifier" scheme. Perhaps something did not fit and the author was in need to design an additional symbol?
Not sure if it helps you, Thomas, or not, but for what it's worth :-) .
Currier designations are taken from voynich.nu. Assessment of whether a character is or is not a j is my personal one. To exclude bias, I first assesыed the characters, and only then looked up for Currier A/B.
Red means "not a j". Green means a j. Blue is undecided.
f6r.11 olchaj - not a j. An m. Faded descender is visible.
f6v.4 jajy - Currier A
f23r.9 [dj]she - not a j. A d.
f24r.17 cthoj - not a j. An m. Faded descender is visible.
f47r.2 cha[dj]aiin - uncertain
f55r.11 oka[mj] - uncertain
f57r.9 daii[dj]y - not a j. A d.
f67r1.C2 chetejy - not sure if I'm looking at the right vord, but this one definitely has e as its base shape, hence cannot be a j. A curious case of d with the disjointed loop.
f68v1.C1 yee[gj] - e is the base shape, a choice between d and g.
f72r1.C1 a[dj]al - could not find this one
f75r.26 dar,ajy - Currier B
f82r.L7 okaira[dj]y - Currier B
f86r3.S13 ofdaj - not sure what folio is this
f88r.4 cheo[jm]am - clear visibilty of the difference between j and m - Currier A
f96v.1 osoj - Currier A
f105r.31 aii[jd]y - Currier B
f105r.32 ajam - clear visibilty of the difference between j and m - Currier B
f106r.4 arojy - Currier B
Let's add You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. here (as mentioned above) which is also Currier B.
Results:
9 confirmed occurrences of j. Of those 3 are in Currier A and 6 are in Currier B. The range of folios is from 6 to 106.
Conclusions:
j is not Currier-specific and is not a "later" introduction for later folios. It is a legitimate glyph.
The bad thing is that this undermines the elegance of the "base shape + tail modifier" scheme. Perhaps something did not fit and the author was in need to design an additional symbol?
Not sure if it helps you, Thomas, or not, but for what it's worth :-) .