Hi all,
According to my persian colleague, the script is persian (for example: the label at the cantaloup melon is kharboze)
Greetings
Claus
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Von: Barbara Barrett [mailto:barbarabarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Gesendet: Freitag, 5. März 2004 10:21
An: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: Labels, was Re: VMs: Blanks
> >Rene Rote;
> >Go to http://www.voynich.nu/extras.html
> >to the very bottom, and click on the reference to
> >the Indian illustration. There are short labels
> >there. If anyone on the list can read Arabic,
> >I'd be interested to know what they say.
> >But perhaps the language isn't Arabic - just
> >the script.
> Maurizio Mentioned;
> I did not noticed any specific Urdu character in the image but, if the
> image comes from an Indian ms., the language is most probably Urdu.
> The running text above the image would be more clear...
Barbara Babbles;
It's certaily very similar to the Nastaliq style of Arabic script in which modern Urdu is written, but like Maurizio I didn't spot any uniquely Urdu letters (such as the long vowels or the persian consonants).
When was the ms written? Urdu (camp-language: a lingua franca between the Indians and their Mogul rulers) wasn't a written language until the 16thC, so if it predates that it couldn't be Urdu, even if it's Indian.
Barbara
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