davidjackson > 04-04-2019, 05:46 PM
Koen G > 04-04-2019, 06:06 PM
Anton > 04-04-2019, 06:29 PM
-JKP- > 04-04-2019, 07:40 PM
(04-04-2019, 05:46 PM)davidjackson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Simply an off the cuff thought that I haven't thought through, but, surely the presence of the various 15th century Latin characters hidden on leaves is a hint that the manuscript was originally produced by people with extensive or even native knowledge of western European literary tradition?
IE, it's unlikely that a native writer of a script other than Roman would have used Roman characters in these places.
Anton > 04-04-2019, 07:49 PM
-JKP- > 04-04-2019, 07:54 PM
(04-04-2019, 07:49 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Why, all those "rot" and "p v"...
Koen G > 04-04-2019, 08:45 PM
davidjackson > 04-04-2019, 08:52 PM
Anton > 04-04-2019, 09:02 PM
Quote:let alone German from a single dialect.
Paris > 04-04-2019, 09:06 PM
(04-04-2019, 06:29 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Now, the subsequent life of the MS shifts it to some "French" (?) environment, for, although such things as "aberil" and "augst" are so-so "German" and are found in the Swiss "Idiotikon", the latter four months such as "septembre" and "octembre" do not sound Germanic