Antonio García Jiménez > 24-02-2022, 04:25 PM
MarcoP > 24-02-2022, 08:29 PM
(24-02-2022, 10:20 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It looks like Searcher's Coptic example uses the symbols as a form of sacred writing, reserved for invocations of the names of God, angels etc. "Around him are written various sacred names, including those of God the Father and the seven archangels, written in the style of the magical symbols we call kharaktēres, with decorative circles at their points."
Quote:This may explain the ultimate origin of these symbols, though it takes us further away from the VM (early 15th century). From what I have read so far, it looks like the use in Hebrew texts was the same.
Mark Knowles > 24-02-2022, 09:00 PM
Antonio García Jiménez > 24-02-2022, 10:33 PM
Juan_Sali > 28-02-2022, 03:18 PM
ReneZ > 28-02-2022, 07:31 PM
(28-02-2022, 03:18 PM)Juan_Sali Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The faces form greek letters rotated in different degrees: pi, ro, chi and gamma.
(28-02-2022, 03:18 PM)Juan_Sali Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Chi has a similar sound as latin i (please, greek expert needed)
(28-02-2022, 03:18 PM)Juan_Sali Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Perigee nowadays is a type of apsis, an extreme point in an object's orbit.
I dont know if the meaning or perigee in the time when the ms was written was the same than now.
Koen G > 28-02-2022, 08:33 PM
R. Sale > 28-02-2022, 09:44 PM
Juan_Sali > 01-03-2022, 08:28 PM
R. Sale > 02-03-2022, 08:46 PM