Koen G > 18-03-2016, 10:26 AM
Anton > 18-03-2016, 12:12 PM
Quote:In my opinion, the fundamental mistake in dealing with Beinecke 408 is that most people don't take it at its face value. Some guys tell me it is a ciphre but are not able to solve it, which is ridiculous for a 15th c. ciphre or they give me lots of statistics about how some glyphs are behaving but can't tell me what their statistics mean or read or translate a single glyph, not to mention the Far East and New World theories. It's been this way since the ms. was rediscovered and if you have no results in a hundred years you should sit back and think again. Beinecke 408 is a 1st half 15th c. Latin European manuscript and should be treated as one, most likely it is a highly abbreviated text. If there is something that looks like a 15th c. abbreviation stroke it should be treated as such and one should try to find out if there is an abbreviation and what it means. It is the same with other things, e.g. the sign that looks like the etcetera abbreviation, the Arabic numerals and so on.
-JKP- > 18-03-2016, 05:31 PM
Diane > 18-03-2016, 10:27 PM
Helmut Winkler > 19-03-2016, 05:16 PM
(18-03-2016, 12:12 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hmm, calling a text "highly abbreviated" and not being able to read it is as "ridiculous" as it is to call it a 15th century cipher and not being able to read it, isn't it?
Sam G > 19-03-2016, 08:42 PM
(16-03-2016, 10:07 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.There is the "arc" symbol in the VMS represented as extended EVA &163. (There is also &140, I'm not sure what's the difference between the two, but it seems that &163 is the one I am referring to).
It is quite rare, but it is encountered, for example, three times in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in the "index" column to the left.
This symbol is quite attractive for the analysis purposes in that it is clearly a single symbol, and not any combination/superposition of simpler symbols.
Quote:What makes this symbol extremely interesting is that it is used as a standalone label in f80r: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
(18-03-2016, 12:12 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hmm, calling a text "highly abbreviated" and not being able to read it is as "ridiculous" as it is to call it a 15th century cipher and not being able to read it, isn't it?