Re: VMS -- Interesting Ancient Texts

[Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    > Here is a somewhat interesting exhibition from Cornell with various
    > samples of ancient texts.
    > 
    > http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/default.html

I found this one interesting:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/images/E3856_0055.jpg

Perhaps some of the VMS diagrams are remains of such wheels, or
attempts to reproduce them? (I believe they had been in use for a long
time --- at least since the time of Ramón Llull.)

All the best,

--stolfi

PS: I also found it amusing that the only broken link in that
exhibit is in the censorship section. A pedagogical example
of censorship in action? 8-)

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/paper10.html
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/strike.html