-JKP- > 04-04-2020, 06:54 AM
Mark Knowles > 04-04-2020, 12:57 PM
(04-04-2020, 06:54 AM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This is circumstantial evidence, but taken together, perhaps the VMS creator had some exposure to Greek or adapted some ideas from Greek scribal conventions to invent the VMS glyph-set. The glyphs are mostly Latin, but some of the concepts appear to be Greek. Many Latin scribes and some university students (probably those studying the classics) had a basic familiarity with Greek characters even if they didn't know Greek.
-JKP- > 04-04-2020, 01:45 PM
Mark Knowles Wrote:If you say a specific glyph can be found in a variety of given sources then you should be able to illustrate these examples.
R. Sale > 04-04-2020, 05:19 PM
-JKP- > 04-04-2020, 05:30 PM
(04-04-2020, 05:19 PM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It's a matter of scale. I said that. And as far as Newbold's idea, there is a failure, an inappropriateness of materials (and a probable lack of technical ability), that should obviously make the task impossible.
As far as the 'wrap around' idea, one could also say that it is found in the VMs Zodiac with Pisces first, which also initiates the series of pairings in the VMs medallions. So there is a structural reason for the alteration.
I'm not very familiar with Greek, can't read, can barely transliterate. However, if I were to attach any sort of Greek equivalent to the first, round, circular glyph an the left-hand side of the arch, it would be 'omicron' rather than 'omega'.
R. Sale > 04-04-2020, 06:55 PM
-JKP- > 04-04-2020, 07:04 PM
(04-04-2020, 06:55 PM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
The information is well-known to the author, and has been placed in a VMs styled, altered, disguised form in various illustrations...
R. Sale > 04-04-2020, 08:51 PM
Koen G > 05-04-2020, 10:05 AM
(05-04-2020, 08:28 AM)DONJCH Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So you are saying that the VM could be a jest, a stunt, a piece of medieval performance art?