Re: VMs: Re: VMS, languages and Jacobus signature

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marcio,

> Comparison of this signature with the other know Jacobus signature would be
> great. Those who had access to the original signature before it was erased
> did not have other signatures to compare to, and today the original signature
> is not available for comparison.
> 
> I am not saying the whole "signature story" is a legend, but sure its
> credibility would be improved if a simple analysis could be done.

As I noted earlier, the signature which Jan has published is
in fracture script - while Rene says the VMS signature is in
regular latin cursive. So the comparison might not say anything
positive. I believe the third signature, which is/was on another
known manuscript from Sinapius' collection, would be much better
for comparison, as it was produced in identical situation
(signing a book - not an official document written in German).

A note for John Stojko: this is most certainly not Cyrillic script.
It is German fracture. The second part is "Tepence" and it is
indeed a "p" - not Cyrillic "r".

Best regards,

Rafal
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