Re: Found: One tables-like character

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Eric Farnell wrote:

>         I found a very Voynich like character in a semi pop occult book
> in Border's Bookstore, the reference is at the bottom.  It was
> in an entry for Johannes Trithemius.  I'm sure Rafal is familiar
> with him, and a lot of things in there suggested to me that he
> (or one of his students) might be a good candidate for the
> writer (though he died in 1516). More on that later, I am very
> busy right now.

It seems that the symbol you described is indeed one for arsenic.
There was a book by Fred Gettings - _A Dictionary of Sigils_
(RKP: London 1981) with thousands of symbols used in alchemy
and magic. I have looked through them and some do look
similar to some VMS characters - but it is probably accidental
similarity.

Best regards,

Rafal