06-02-2025, 05:46 AM
(05-02-2025, 09:57 AM)oshfdk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm not proficient in medieval Moravian (or modern Czech), so I have no idea whether your interpretation is plausible or not.
Why do you interpret "x" as "sh" and "8" as "v"? Are there any Moravian/Czech manuscripts or printed books of the XIV-XVI centuries that demonstrate this way of writing "sh" and "v"? Especially convincing would be if they show it specifically in the words you transcribed, like "poshlibei", "dabav", "imiltjav", "portav", etc.
"8" is the letter "b" or "v" and is a symbol of letter "v" in Cyrillic Alphabet. I think, that the scriber/coder has picked up some Glagolitic and some Cyrillic symbols together with the Latin alphabet to create the code. In the history there is a Prince You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. requested that Emperor Michael III send missionaries to evangelize his Slavic subjects. So they did it and also did create the alphabet, which was corresponding to the language and which is still today in Russia, Bulgaria etc.
Remember this happens in )-th century. But in Czech Republicnow the alphabet is forgotten and they use mostly Latin alphabet, since the Catholic church had won there.
Another proof from VM- if you look carefully on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - the alphabet , where "a" begins, then is the second row with VM symbols (almost deleted), then there is a third row, with the real correspondence- against "8" symbol in the third row stays "v". I agree that this with the alphabet needs a separate discourse.
For now I will tell you only that I have other translations from the rest of the text, (herbs, cosmology) where the "8" symbol is read "b" or "v". If I decide to publish all maybe will be more persuading.
I must admit that there are certain places especially in cosmology that "8" is written with a small tail behind- then it could be interpreted as "d".
Concerning "x" as "sh" I have a medieval Croatian document, where it is read as sh and I decided, that this is it.
Now, however I do not have it on this PC. It is on an old one. Promise to provide it.
BR: Vessy