Anton > 18-01-2016, 12:38 PM
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Anton > 19-01-2016, 11:13 AM
Quote:To create something like the VMS text in such a fluid manner (even with evidence of errors and changes) suggests either a deep familiarity with use of the "code" or that it was produced from a premade copy.
-JKP- > 19-01-2016, 02:13 PM
(19-01-2016, 11:01 AM)David Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Wax tablets were very common in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. You would make your marks in the wax, and once finished with the work, gently warm it and erase all the writing, leaving a fresh new copy for you.
david > 19-01-2016, 04:20 PM
Quote:I live in an area that wasn't colonized until 1853....tries to think... So that's Africa or Australia, right?
-JKP- > 20-01-2016, 12:37 AM
(19-01-2016, 04:20 PM)David Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Quote:I live in an area that wasn't colonized until 1853....tries to think... So that's Africa or Australia, right?
But we digress.
First off, I would suggest that there are several hands in the Voynich, if you look at the handwriting. This is not a novel or new argument.
But all of them share the same characteristics - firm shaping of the letters, flowing cursive script that runs glyphs together. We don't see constant stop starts in the middle of "vords", but instead they are formed by a hand who knows how to form the glyphs and which glyph is coming next.