19-09-2016, 08:45 PM
(R. Sale wrote:
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What is the significance of 'five' inverted in the fifth position? What is the sixth symbol in the VMs 4 x 17 symbol sequence? A traditional interpretation might call Symbol 6 a quincunx. And, among other things, in astrology it represents a connection to the fifth house of the zodiac from the primary house. So what happens if we go to the VMs Zodiac and look at the first five houses? Another medieval puzzle, a challenge to historical recognition.
I don't think it's necessary to invert the fifth character to draw a direct parallel to Latin chars.
In the 4 x 17 sequence, the second letter and fifth letter are drawn like medieval Latin alphanumeric 4 and Latin alphanumeric 7.
The 15th character is based on the number 9 (we know it's a 9 by how it's used in the main text), so it's quite possible the third character is the number 8 (the figure-8 is badly drawn the first time, the writer started to write EVA-r (which was intended to be the fourth character not the third) and corrected it to a figure-8, but it's smoothly drawn in the subsequent three repetitions).
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What is the significance of 'five' inverted in the fifth position? What is the sixth symbol in the VMs 4 x 17 symbol sequence? A traditional interpretation might call Symbol 6 a quincunx. And, among other things, in astrology it represents a connection to the fifth house of the zodiac from the primary house. So what happens if we go to the VMs Zodiac and look at the first five houses? Another medieval puzzle, a challenge to historical recognition.
I don't think it's necessary to invert the fifth character to draw a direct parallel to Latin chars.
In the 4 x 17 sequence, the second letter and fifth letter are drawn like medieval Latin alphanumeric 4 and Latin alphanumeric 7.
The 15th character is based on the number 9 (we know it's a 9 by how it's used in the main text), so it's quite possible the third character is the number 8 (the figure-8 is badly drawn the first time, the writer started to write EVA-r (which was intended to be the fourth character not the third) and corrected it to a figure-8, but it's smoothly drawn in the subsequent three repetitions).