12-09-2016, 09:21 AM
(12-09-2016, 08:33 AM)don of tallahassee wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In support of Rich's ideas, I have noticed the appearance of what look like coins with milled edges on f34v.
This practice did not start until Sir Isaac Newton took over leadership of the British Mint in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century.
I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere.
Thank you.
Don of Tallahassee
If you look at the root on the same page, the "animal" shape on the left has similar lines on its back but, because the root is bigger than the shapes of the "leaves/berries" (or whatever they represent), the lines are farther apart. I think this is a rough attempt at hatching to try to create some dimensionality and the resemblance to milled coins may be coincidental.

