27-10-2016, 08:07 PM
Anton,
The definition of 'codex' seems to be shifting. It used to refer to the form of presentation - i.e. not a scroll - and the period up until the introduction of printing.
A 'manuscript' may be hand-written, but need not be where the proper use of 'codex' implies this.
I see that the usual definitions found in American and other dictionaries online today speak of the 'codex' as containing "ancient works usually of Jewish or Christian religion". If that's the way the definition has shifted, of course we can no longer keep describing the Voynich as a 'codex' although technically it is and people who say so aren't wrong.
Still - I think we do have to drop it.
The definition of 'codex' seems to be shifting. It used to refer to the form of presentation - i.e. not a scroll - and the period up until the introduction of printing.
A 'manuscript' may be hand-written, but need not be where the proper use of 'codex' implies this.
I see that the usual definitions found in American and other dictionaries online today speak of the 'codex' as containing "ancient works usually of Jewish or Christian religion". If that's the way the definition has shifted, of course we can no longer keep describing the Voynich as a 'codex' although technically it is and people who say so aren't wrong.
Still - I think we do have to drop it.
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