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Re: VMs: humanist [was; Some thoughts etc]
Nick Noted:
Barbara Belays Back:
Steve Swallows * Superhard (gulp):
another guppy in the vms shark ocean:
We're not in Kansas any more totto :-/ (....Dorthy/Wizard of Oz)
> PS: A long time ago, I tried writing Voynichese with an italic pen, but
> found it difficult to produce gallows characters matching the kind of
> control I found on the page.
I had no difficulty whatsoever; either with a quill, with an "italic" felt
tip, or a steel nib calligraphy pen.
>Can we say with any certainty from what we see
> whether the scribe was left-handed or right-handed?
With 100 percent certainty no. However, all vms characters are "inventions"
and therefore would naturally be more likely to follow what the writer found
easier to articulate. All vms characters are easier to articulate with the
right hand.
Barbara
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-=se=->
RIGHT HANDED
LEFT BRAINED (Thinker/puzzler/Folder)
* And See the Mirror *
* rorriM eht eeS dnA *
ES = The Time is now :-)
312
4*8
756
Jeff's
682
5*1
743
&/or
347
1*5
286
(MiRrOr is ~feeling ES good/OK?~ :-))
Best to you & yours
-=se=-
steve (the time is now!/& it's OLDER than you think) ekwall
just passing on my old ES stuff etc... etc... :-0
<-=se=-
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