26-09-2016, 03:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-09-2016, 03:42 PM by ThomasCoon.)
Koen,
The problem seems to be that it would be unusual for a word meaning "and" to only prefer words beginning with certain letters. For example, -que in Latin can follow any letter (looking at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: -isque, -eque, -emque, -ique, -aeque, -oque, atque, -umque...).
Emma:
That's a possible solution. Perhaps the gallows represent four classes of nouns even - or they might just be definite articles (cf. los /la/las/el)
-JKP-
Thanks for the observations - you're right that the textual setup would point us towards certain interpretations and away from others
. I never knew what to make of 4 alone on f76r....
The problem seems to be that it would be unusual for a word meaning "and" to only prefer words beginning with certain letters. For example, -que in Latin can follow any letter (looking at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: -isque, -eque, -emque, -ique, -aeque, -oque, atque, -umque...).
Emma:
Quote:I suppose one counter is that any word taking 'and' must be a noun. What if gallows were more common in nouns than other words?
That's a possible solution. Perhaps the gallows represent four classes of nouns even - or they might just be definite articles (cf. los /la/las/el)
-JKP-
Thanks for the observations - you're right that the textual setup would point us towards certain interpretations and away from others
. I never knew what to make of 4 alone on f76r....