Re: VMs: transcriptions and shorthand notes

[Ken W <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ted Young wrote:

> You read my mind.  Just this weekend I noticed some striking symmetry in the
> Voynich alphabet (or whatever it may be).  I have laid out the alphabet in
> the following table.  This is by no means the only way to group them, nor
> does it bring up any obvious solutions.  Just thought that it might inspire
> someone.
>
> http://demo.gavelintl.com/vmssymmetry.gif
>
>  
I've tried a similar approach.  As an experiment, I broke down the form 
of all the common letters - not including the gallows - into a series of 
strokes - ala shorthand.  It's quite reductive and I wish I was web 
savvy enough to post a link here with my results.  I added this stroke 
font using the number keys within the EVA Hand font file.  (I'll talk to 
my web friend to see if I can post this). 

The gist of what I did came up with consists of  10 character fragments 
as follows:
The EVA <e>,<i>,<o> and <q> are the same as seen in the MS.
horizontal bar/connector (as seen in <ch>)
a swoop or backwards C (as seen in EVA <b>,<n>,<r>,<s>) as a 
superscript, script, and subscript
the looped element of EVA <g> and <m> as a script and superscript.

This is all sort of pedantic, but I believe there may be something 
possibly informative here.
Look at this series: 
<b>=<e>+swoop
<n>=<i>+swoop
<r>=<i>+superscript swoop
<s>=<e>+superscript swoop

I know there is a long history of stroke analysis with the MS but 
looking at the fabulous new detail in the new scans gives me more reason 
to contemplate this idea.

PS.  I'm very busy at present, but I plan to update the CD of the 
complete pdf version I created some months back with the new scans.  I 
also intend to do proper alignments and foldouts in the pdf so you can 
print out the entire file and create an accurate reproduction of the 
physical MS.  If anyone is interested, let me know.

Ken


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