RE: VMs: Re: Currier A and B

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi GC,

> Picking a page at random, say 34v -
> Here's how the lines break down - this is accurate but slightly generalized,
> since the difference between a1 and b2 on these pages is keyed not directly
> to lines themselves, but to another factor, heh heh.

Here's an interesting observation on f34v, I don't know if you picked up on 
this or not.

If you look at the join between para 1 lines 4-5, this goes (with /// = 
"page break"):-

        otam-///-lshaiir

Similarly, on the same page, look at the join between para 1 lines 8-9 
(note that I think that this page actually has two paragraphs), which goes:_

        okam-///-lsheody

What's so interesting about these to line-ends? In both cases, it would 
appear that the extremely common pair "al" is being split across the 
line-end, with an EVA <m> being inserted *in the middle of the pair*. By 
that measure, I'd suggest that the likely *real* characters being 
transcribed here are:-

        ot-al-sh   aiir
        ok-al-sheo   dy

This would seem to be in full support of the old idea that -m (where it 
appears at line-ends) often acts like a hyphen. Doesn't this seem rather 
too well-structured for a hoax? :-o

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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