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EVA "qo" in 15th century Spanish cipher
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EVA "qo" in 15th century Spanish cipher
JustAnotherTheory > 7 hours ago
Hi y'all. I found two 15th century Spanish cipher documents, which heavily feature the EVA "qo" symbols. Here are a few examples:
The documents are the following:
- Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/58.
- Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/59.
Unfortunately, the rest of the documents do not seem at first glance to bear ressemblance to the VMS. Here is a random example from one of them:
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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/58.
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RE: EVA "qo" in 15th century Spanish cipher
Jorge_Stolfi > 6 hours ago
(7 hours ago)JustAnotherTheory Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi y'all. I found two 15th century Spanish cipher documents, which heavily feature the EVA "qo" symbols.
The qo is a complicated enough symbol that the similarity is worth noting. Maybe the Author chose qo for whatever-it-means in Voynchese because he was familiar with that code (or some other code that used similar symbols) and liked that symbol specifically.
But there are other symbols on that page that look like symbols of other languages, like ラ (Japanese KATAKANA LETTER RA), ✂ (BLACK SCISSORS) and ∞ (INFINITY). So the qo may still be just a meaningless coincidence.
All the best, --stolfi -
RE: EVA "qo" in 15th century Spanish cipher
Jimmy123 > 6 hours ago
Is this look the same as the "40" in the LSJ51, which is the Syrian encoded correspondence?
In Spain there were Arabic culture. So maybe that's where it comes from? -
RE: EVA "qo" in 15th century Spanish cipher
DG97EEB > 6 hours ago
(7 hours ago)JustAnotherTheory Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi y'all. I found two 15th century Spanish cipher documents, which heavily feature the EVA "qo" symbols. Here are a few examples:
The documents are the following:
- Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/58.
- Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/59.
Unfortunately, the rest of the documents do not seem at first glance to bear ressemblance to the VMS. Here is a random example from one of them:
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Links to the docs:
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Funnily enough I was in Barcelona over the weekend and noted the Archives of the Crown of Aragon. I don't think they are fully digitised, but it's one of the top medieval archives in Europe. If I'd been there on a week day if have looked round, but surely worth further investigation... although you'd always hope if someone spotted something obviously Voynich like, they'd say something....
(6 hours ago)Jimmy123 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Is this look the same as the "40" in the LSJ51, which is the Syrian encoded correspondence?
In Spain there were Arabic culture. So maybe that's where it comes from?
Almost certainly, I'd say... - Barcelona,Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Diversos, Sástago, 193 (Lío B), nº 79/58.