Paleographical exercise on the handwriting in the Voynich
There are reasons to believe that the handwriting of the Voynich is deliberately obfuscated by the scribe. duh.
At present my focus lies on the [9] or Eva [y].
I assume that the [9] is actually the number nine and I want to try to build some paleographical proof for that.
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In the circle we see the character [9 nine] but it is clear that the [c] was made first and then the [j-stroke].
Normally when one writes a [g] this is done...eh thank you Mr.brock (You are not allowed to view links.
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always starting at the top, going down, up (don't take the pencil of the page !) and do a tail.
Here the [9 nine] is done like one would write a number nine: exactly the same as writing [g],
however because we do NOT want the tail to have an extra curve on the end, we slow the pen down deliberately. for example You are not allowed to view links.
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The last exercise is more in line with the [9 nine], which we see in the VMS and therefore the chance based on this alone, if higher that a nine-character is meant and not a g-character.
True?
Secondly, in my experience it is easier, with a quill pen, to write a [g] without taking the pen of the paper, and it is harder to write a [cj=9 nine] as explained. (You are not allowed to view links.
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True?