If so, I'd say it's also the same character as the ones on f20r, f32r, and maybe f29r - as seen in Walter Ogburn's page at
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~reuben/voynich/plant-writing/index.html
They do look very similar. Interesting!
Jon.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel Landini [mailto:G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 June 2004 15:16
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> Hi,
> I think that the first character of the f9v writing on top of
> the blue (which
> looks like 'rot') is the same character as:
> (for a moment think that this character is "r")
>
> 1st character in the 3 (!) words of the header in folio 116v
> (something like
> roxl[a|c]bcv rmon ruti(s?)fer)
>
> 1st char in "portas" (line 1, so now it would be something
> like 'rovta<d>'
> 1st char in the 3rd and 4th words in line 3: 'ral<d>ch rbven'
>
> It looks a bit like a "mu", but with a small left-going
> stroke (or a p with
> the top part open).
>
> Strange isn't it?
> This makes me believe a bit more that the author of the
> drawings wrote this
> part too. What letter is this 'r'?
>
> Cheers,
> Gabriel
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