VMs: Re: VMS, languages and Jacobus signature

["CDA" <claudio_antonini@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw the VMS at Beinecke some three years ago. In the first page you cannot
notice the signature at first sight, not even at a second one. It is evident
that some chemicals have been applied but they have made the signature
virtually invisible. However, there are copies of the signature in one of
the boxes that are part of the collection. This is not urban legend.

The signature might have been close to invisible before, and was seen in
detail only after applying the chemicals and illuminating with ultraviolet
light. I say 'might have been close to invisible' because, otherwise, how
would anyone know where to apply the chemicals? Perhaps Mary D'Imperio or
some of the other authors wrote on this subject. I don't recall.

There are many efforts concerning the book itself, but very little on the
rest of the boxes, which might contain useful details.

Cheers,

Claudio


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcio" <mmand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: VMs: VMS, languages and Jacobus signature


> Hello,
>
> I am running some text analysis on the VMS. The analysis currently also
> includes texts from English, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin. I want to use
> other languages like Chinese, so here is a question:
>
> Are Chinese texts in a romanized transcription available somewhere ? (I
could
> only find texts in BIG5, which is no big deal, but it is easier to work
with
> plain ASCII).
>
> On another subject, I have seen many references to Jacobus signature on
the
> first page, but has anyone *actually* seen it ? Or is it the kind of
"urban
> legend" that is told on and on ? It would be great if anyone could provide
a
> scanned image or UV photo that shows the signature, as well as images of
> other works where the same signature allegedly appears.
>
> PS: is the Cryptologia edition with Gordon's paper out ? Anyone read it ?
>
> Regards,
> Marcio.
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