25-06-2026, 10:02 AM
(23-06-2026, 04:27 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(23-06-2026, 04:11 PM)monisusa wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hello, Here the + just represents an addition sign meaning "and".
The plus sign was "invented" by Nicole Oresme in ~1350, but I don't know how long it took for it to become common. If the VMS was scribed around 1430, and those "+" on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are indeed plus signs, that would be evidence indicating that the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. writing is not contemporaneous with the rest of the VMS text.
But I don't think those "+" are plus signs. I believe the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. text is much later than the rest of the VMS, but for other reasons.
All the best, --stolfi
Hello and thanks for your question regarding the + signs: As far as I know, they come for the Latin "et" (= and). Late medieval recipes were often written in prose.
I assume the text of f 116v could in fact be written earlier and later the parchment was used again to be written on. A palimpsest. Kind regards, Monika