Dear Andrew,
the Glagolitic script has already been in the attention of Voynich research, probably decades ago now.
Its main claim to fame is that it includes one character that sort of looks llike a Voynich gallows character. Perhaps even just upside-down.
For a period of time, the invention of this alphabet was attributed to St. Jerome, see for example the Wikipedia entry: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
That is clearly what Kircher is referring to.
There certainly are both printed books and manuscripts using it.
I have not seen that many.
There are some in the "Borg.Ill." collection in the Vatican and I kind of like this one (especially the occasionally cursive marginalia):
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Its preface says: "Codice in lingua Illirica volgare con caratteri Gerolimini o sia Glagolitici"
The Latin translation of the Kircher letter was made by someone familiar with Kircher. The Latin from this time seems to be quite different from classical Latin. I am unable to judge it....
the Glagolitic script has already been in the attention of Voynich research, probably decades ago now.
Its main claim to fame is that it includes one character that sort of looks llike a Voynich gallows character. Perhaps even just upside-down.
For a period of time, the invention of this alphabet was attributed to St. Jerome, see for example the Wikipedia entry: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
That is clearly what Kircher is referring to.
There certainly are both printed books and manuscripts using it.
I have not seen that many.
There are some in the "Borg.Ill." collection in the Vatican and I kind of like this one (especially the occasionally cursive marginalia):
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Its preface says: "Codice in lingua Illirica volgare con caratteri Gerolimini o sia Glagolitici"
The Latin translation of the Kircher letter was made by someone familiar with Kircher. The Latin from this time seems to be quite different from classical Latin. I am unable to judge it....