Re: VMs: Colored paints, touch-ups, and the michiton text

[Bruce Grant <bgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jorge Stolfi wrote:

> Anyway, while the month names *may* have been written by the same person
> who wrote the Voynichese text, it now looks just as possible that they
> were written by a later owner.  So while those labels may give us precious
> clues about the history of the VMS, we can no longer assume that their
> language was the language of the VMS main author.
>
> As you recall, the language of those labels still has not been
> identified with certainty. 
Several of the month names appear to be a good match with Catalan:

March:  VM = marc,  Catalan = marc (with a cedilla)
April:  VM = Catalan = abril
May: VM = maig (possibly), Catalan = maig
October: VM = octebre (with a macron on the e), Catalan = octubre
November: VM = novebre (with macron on the e), Catalan = novembre

According to my book ("Teach Yourself Catalan"), the month names in 
Catalan are:

gener, febrer, marc, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, 
octubre, novembre, desembre

Bruce



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