Re: VMs: Finding_02

["Larry Roux" <lroux@xxxxxxx>]

The problem I see with the <dain daiin daiiin> pattern for numbering is that there are cases where it is obvious that it is not daiin but rather d a /u/ n.  Therefore I believe that there is no ii (or it is rare). so you would have dain daun dauin


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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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>>> incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/06/03 07:46 AM >>>

>...the <dain daiin daiiin> pattern aside, there seems to be nothing 
>obviously (structurally) consistent with Hebrew- (or Greek-) style 
>numbering to be found anywhere.

...to be more precise, the <ain aiin aiiin> pattern seems to me most likely 
to be some form of steganographic Roman numerals: and as I don't see the 
evidence for the VMS' being an obviously mono-alphabetic cipher, I don't 
buy into Teague numbering either.

FWIW, my best current prediction for the core code is that it is based on a 
paired cipher (intermediate in complexity between the 1440 one in D'Imperio 
and the Alphabethe Northmanique in Vigenere), encoding a vowel-less 
shorthand system (similar to Ratcliffe's, the only obvious precursor to 
Bright's characterie), and reusing some kind of early-modern wax-tablet 
tachygraphic alphabet (for speed of encoding). I'm not sure how gematria 
would fit into such a scheme, based on contemporary ideas - but perhaps it 
will become clear in time. :-) 


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