Anton > 08-06-2017, 01:08 AM
-JKP- > 08-06-2017, 04:14 AM
Koen G > 08-06-2017, 08:42 AM
Anton > 08-06-2017, 11:48 AM
(08-06-2017, 04:14 AM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It's possible the shapes were chosen to resemble Latin.
The letters o, a, c (and c with tail), i (and i with tail, which resembles an r if the tail is at the top and a v if the tail is at the bottom) are all VMS glyphs that can be matched to Latin characters. Also the 9 and the bench char are common Latin abbreviations that fit the theme of curve shapes.
Even the gallows characters have analogs in Latin, especially the two-legged, one-loop gallows.
Now whether there's a linguistic or numberic schema behind them that includes some correspondence beyond the similarity and logic that may be inherent in the shapes is the big question.
The 4 x 17 page also includes four Greek letters in sequence, three of which fit the curve thema quite well (alpha, beta and gamma-with-a-tail) and one which is straight lines (delta), but the straight one is a rare character, the others are common, so maybe the curved ones were deliberately chosen for the main text.
-JKP- > 08-06-2017, 12:00 PM
(08-06-2017, 11:48 AM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
But why would "i" be so strangely inclined leftwards?
Anton > 08-06-2017, 01:34 PM
ReneZ > 08-06-2017, 02:20 PM
Koen G > 08-06-2017, 02:24 PM
Helmut Winkler > 08-06-2017, 03:48 PM
-JKP- > 08-06-2017, 04:18 PM
(08-06-2017, 01:34 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Left-handed-ness is the obvious explanation, but I recall that it was discussed and rejected in the past. I completely forgot the argumentation, but I remember that I considered it reasonable. I can add that since lefthanders are a minotity, it's not very probable that both A and B were lefthanders.