Re: VMs: Rohonczi Codex

[elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Zitat von Jacques Guy <jguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 3/11/2004 12:17:00 PM, mesinik@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> >Rohonczi Codex was found in Hungary some decades before the VMS, afaik. It
> is
> >written on paper from mid-XVIth c. (so, the VMS could be older than it). In
> many
> >ways it is similar to the VMS ... but there are not (yet?) of crypto
> folklore
> >around it. IMHO, this similarity is more than superficial.
> 
> Interesting. I downloaded the lot. But I cannot see any similarity with
> the VMS. The drawings in the Rohonczi Codex are obvious illustrations
> of scenes of the New Testament. In fact, their style reminds me much more
> of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel than of the VMS. And the writing is
> completely different. The characters are different, and their style is
> different. Image optm_226.jpg shows a letter in German, dated 1885,
> but I cannot make anything of it beyond the opening greeting:
> 
> "Hoch(illegible scrawl)er Herr College!"
> 
> I wonder what the rest says.
> 
>

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Rohonczi%20Codex

Has some more information on the RC. I see similarities with the VM from the 
whole structure, but of course the language and probably the enciphering system 
are completely different from the VM.

I tried to read the letter, but it's fairly tough... perhaps with a better scan 
and someone who could read Sütterlin letters...

Cheers,

   Elmar


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