Re: Reading the Voynich MS in Voynich

[Adams Douglas <adamsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam McLean wrote:
> 
> Is the use of the transcription into Latin characters a 
> hinderance to our investigation of the manuscript ?  Has 
> transcribing it into our familiar English alphabet actually 
> removed  us somewhat from the context and we have 
> lost some facet of the work which is contained 
> somehow in the shapes of the Voynich characters 
> themselves?

I think we can be confused by the latin transcription, as Jim seems to be.
But I think it's also important to divorce the character sequence from the
appearance of the characters as well, though. Perhaps it's best to use
numbers or arbitrary symbols which suggest no meaning to the viewer.

-Adams

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