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I would personally vote that ch and sh are separate letters - mainle
because there is also other combinations such as ca, ci and ai.
On another note, I find it interesting that the author seems to have perfected the language over time. The scratchy and unkempt first folios are in direct contrast to the neat and tidy later folios. The way the k and t internal to ch sometimes crosses words has me stumped. Either the author was thinking ahead, or it is, in fact, a copy. But if it were a copy then why would the author get "better" at the transcription over time? I am SO confused!!! <grin> ****************************** Larry Roux Syracuse University lroux@xxxxxxx ******************************* >>> r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx 07/13/03 06:01AM
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--- Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > The onerous task is to find the > right order for both the > alphabet table and the glyph order. Would anyone > like to help? One piece of advice: you're using the Eva transcription alphabet, which is a method for representing the writing on the Voynich MS in a simple electronic form. It does however not tell you which combinations of characters are actually single letters in the Voynich MS. For example, a democratic procedure (have the members of the mailing list vote) would tell you that the combinations 'ch', 'sh', 'in' and 'iin' are most probably single letters (OK: glyphs). A similar vote on 'ckh' and 'cth' might not give such a clear answer. Defining the proper alphabet of the language of the Voynich MS is an equally important task. Cheers, Rene __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx with a body saying: unsubscribe vms-list |