Quote:Aegidius Corboliensis (Gilles de Corbeil, born around 1140, died around 1224). He wrote a Latin poem in hexameter entitled Carmen de urinis (“Song of Urine”).
In an edition from 1418, the initial letters are not separated by a space but by a vertical line.
Universität Kassel, 4° Ms. med. 8, Aegidius Corbeiensis, Carmen de Urinis, around 1418, fol. 32v
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This is new to me; I would not have thought that medical texts were also written in hexameter.
(09-11-2025, 01:21 PM)Kaybo wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So could be the voynich also written in hexameters? Could it be a medical, herbal "poetry"? Is it possible to analyse it for "hexameters"?
To check that, you would need to be familiar with verse forms (rhythm). I don't know much about that. A metric representation of the ancient hexameter doesn't really help either.
Edit: I'm currently reading this tutorial:
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