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VMs: Libra nymph transcription...
Hi everyone,
I've now transcribed the Libra volvelle (as the page was very legible): my
next step is to see if I can work out if the leg-positions & arm-positions
do indicate where inside each associated label the (pairified) letter is to
be found (and hence construct some kind of monoalphabetic cipher ordering).
I've sequenced the inner ring of nymphs first, proceeding clockwise from
the score mark in the inner ring text (as about "half-past-eight"), and
have checked my transcription with the interlinear file. This also matches
John Grove's nymph numbering, which is somewhat reassuring. :-)
Even though the interlinear file is occasionally ambivalent about whether
labels are left-associative or right-associative, I'm pretty sure that
they're intended to *appear* left-associative (ie, linked to the nymph on
their left) - check out those volvelles with four nymphs at the top, for
example.
For arms, I see each position as steganographically encoding an "X" or "Y"
shape: so, an arm that crosses over the front of a hip codes an "X", an arm
that goes behind the hip codes a "Y".
Though I've also tried to categorise the nymph leg positions in a similar
sensible sort of way, I'm not 100% comfortable with this just yet. It could
well be that different leg positions indicate some kind of different label
associativity: for example, W (wide) might mean to look at two labels to
the right (rather than just one), and T (twisted hips) to look at the label
to the left - C (crossed at ankles) I'm unsure about.
Plenty of stuff to think about... =:-o
Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
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Notation: a nymph notated "#1 8RBO o-ee-ol-y" is shorthand for:-
#1 <-- unique reference number for sign (rather than for ring)
8 [7/8/9] <-- number of points in star
R [L/R] <-- facing direction (Left/Right)
Y [X/Y] <-- hand/hip relationship (X=hand in front of hip/Y=hand behind hip)
O [TCOW] <-- legs (Twisted hips / Crossed ankles / Open / Wide open)
o-ee-ol-y <-- EVA label, pair-transcribed
Libra, inner ring of nymphs:-
#1 8RYO o-ee-ol-y
#2 7RXN ok-y-dy
#3 7RXO ok-ee-y
#4 7RXO oiin-y
#5 7RXO o-ee-y
#6 7RYT ok-e-dy
#7 7RYO yp-air [yp-aim?]
#8 8RYO ok-al-air
#9 6RYO o-ee-o-dy
#10 8RXO ok-e-al [ok-e-ol?]
Libra, outer ring of nymphs:-
#11 8RXO o-ee-ot-y
#12 8RXO octh-y
#13 8RYO ot-e-ol-y
#14 8RXO ok-e-ol-y
#15 7RXO o-eee-s
#16 8RXO ocfh-sh-y [hard to transcribe]
#17 7RXC o-ee-s [crowned nymph is on left of label]
#18 8RYW ok-ee-ol-y
#19 8RYO ol-al
#20 8RXO aiin-o-d
#21 8RXO o-dy-dy [might be "o-d-a-d"?]
#22 9RYO ot-e-o-d
#23 7RXC yt-e-o-d
#24 7RXW ok-ee-o-dy
#25 7RYO ok-al
#26 9RXO yt-al
#27 8RYO o-eee-or [might be "o-eee-o-s"]
#28 8RXO ot-e-of-y
#29 8RXC ee-i-o-e-p-y [weird-looking label?]
#30 9RXC yk-ee-dy
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