02-12-2025, 04:36 PM
@ stolfi
I have “developed” some ciphers that would have been possible in the early 15th century to better understand the VMS (one from the circle on f57v). These include ciphers that assign different Latin syllables to individual letters. This then creates words such as otalar. I then have to copy down a single word and then use the cipher again. So that could work.
But I am also convinced, just like you, that it was copied from a text written on paper. It was just another possibility I wanted to point out.
I have “developed” some ciphers that would have been possible in the early 15th century to better understand the VMS (one from the circle on f57v). These include ciphers that assign different Latin syllables to individual letters. This then creates words such as otalar. I then have to copy down a single word and then use the cipher again. So that could work.
But I am also convinced, just like you, that it was copied from a text written on paper. It was just another possibility I wanted to point out.