28-07-2026, 03:45 AM
(24-07-2026, 10:01 PM)oshfdk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.These diagonal strokes [on the +] and serifs are not exceptional and certainly don't need an imaginary Voynichese layer to explain them. There are many similar examples in this thread: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
I don't think any of those examples is comparable to the diagonal strokes on those two crosses on f116v.
All but one are serifs created when the pen landed at the top of the vertical stroke, which was then drawn from the top down. The serifs themselves were traced from SW to NE.
The exception is the first one on the bottom row, where it seems that the vertical stroke was traced from top to bottom, then retraced from bottom up, without lifting the pen, until just above the crossing point, then briefly lifted and dropped again while moving to the start of the horizontal stroke.
But I will not dispute this further until we get higher-resolution images.
All the best, --stolfi