Re: VMS Symbols

["Dana F. Scott" <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,
Thank you for the info concerning this web site. While I do not claim a direct
correlation between symbols in the VMS and similar matches at this web site
there are a number of interesting comparisons.  Note that some of the matches
may be only close approximations. Certain matches are found as a variation of
the symbol in the 'description section' for the symbol. Here are a few for
starters.

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/30/3041.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/50/508.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/09/0914.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/26/264.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/04/046.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/04/0429.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/04/0411.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/09/0915.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/24/243.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/24/2459.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/26/268.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/25/2520.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/05/0516.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/42/4268.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/42/4270.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/47/4727.html
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/47/4726.html

Here are a couple of other interesting sets of symbols which you may have seen
before.
The fourth one down the right hand column in the first URL here looks
familiar:
http://jhubbard.home.mindspring.com/alchemy/processes.html
http://jhubbard.home.mindspring.com/alchemy/gold.html

Regards,
Dana


Dennis wrote:

>         Thanks for showing us this!!!  This is from a book I
> have:
>
> Liungman, Carl G., *Dictionary of Symbols*. (New York,
> W.W. Norton & Co, ©1991 by Carl G. Liungman.)  English
> translation of *Symboler-västerländska ideogram* © 1974
> by Carl G. Liungman.  Originally published by Merkur
> International KB, Malmö, Sweden.  ISBN 0-393-31236-4.
>
>         The number categories on the website are the same ones
> in the book, but the symbols within a category are not
> numbered.  It's really great to have this online!!!
>
>         Would you point out some of the symbols you consider
> Voynich-like?
>
> Dennis
>
> "Dana F. Scott" wrote:
> >
> > Here is a nice web site with lots of symbols (2,500). Quite a few of the
> > symbols found in the VMS can be seen here.
> >
> > There are over 50 groups of symbols that you can scan:
> > http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/01/index.html
> >
> > Or you can go through the numerical/alphabetical list:
> > http://www.symbols.com/index/wordindex-a.html
> >
> > One of my favorite symbols is the following:
> > http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/50/508.html
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dana

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