VMs: Re: The VMS "alphabet" and some other issues...

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If we could break down some of these into smaller components (which
resmble
> Tyronian abbreviations from northern Italy 1420-1490) we might be able to
> add some vital "clews" to understanding the character sets of the VMS.

What struck me was a similarity to Tolkien's Feanoran letters.

> Also in your second table below, you have line item 4 listed as an EVA [c]
> when I think you mean EVA [e] as you did with #4 in the 1st list. An EVA
[e]
> looks like the typwritten [e].
>
> Also what Landini character correspondes with EVA [b] ? I know of an EVA
[v]
> but not an EVA [b]. Unless I am missing something here.
>
> EVA uses small case typewritten letters throughout (e.g. otaiin, daiin,
> okeody etc.)
> Why have you capitalised some EVA characters in your list? Can you stick
to
> pure EVA small case letters in your charts, so I can transcribe them in my
> table more accurately? (Unless you are indicating non EVA letters, and if
> so, please explain)

The confusion is probably brought about by errors I made while retyping
the character set into an email.

I had written it into WordPad on a notebook computer in the EVA font,
then converted it to Arial and retyped it on my desktop.

A problem I have with the notebook is that I can't tell when the caps lock
is on. I've made another change or two; I'll retype it.

> Is there a free download of the Landini Voynich Alphabet character set? It
> would make discussion a little more accurate in these cases...

I think you can get the EVA font on the Voynich Transcription Project page.

> Robert, have you drawn any conclusions at all from your own organising of
> the socalled VMS "character alphabet" which might well employ letters and
> numbers crytpically?

No, not really. I hope others more versed in cryptology than me will
comment.

Robert

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