Re: VMs: Re: 67v: Single sticks, double-split, double-joined...

["JH" <haleyj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Erni

The Mayan link may be more relevant than anyone would ever believe.
Mexico in particular may be a direct link back to the VMS. I know most
people on this list may dismiss it as a crackpot idea but it is worth
pursuing. Believe me it is.

Nothing like going out on a limb to invite ridicule!

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: <elillie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 29 April 2005 22:18
Subject: Re: VMs: Re: 67v: Single sticks, double-split, double-joined...


> Hello Jeff and Luis.
>
> I too had noticed the border you speak of on 67V1. It also occurs on folio
> 67R2 where it alternates with several other repeating characters of
> similar nature.
> As to where you recall seeing something similar to this border, I've
> always thought it looks alot like the "sky bands" that encircle a lot of
> Mayan  sculpture panels and ceramic pieces. The "Sky Band" represents the
> plane of the ecliptic and consists of a series of glyphs representing
> astronomical bodies. Within their surviving manuscripts, the Paris Codex
> has many good examples of "Sky Bands". Two are at:
> http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/paris/paris_page22.jpg
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/zodiac.jpg
>
> These were quickly located with a Google search for Paris Codex Images. It
> and the other two main manuscripts (Madrid Codex and the Dresden Codex)are
> all filled with examples of it.
> Whether the single and double lines you note are examples of additional
> content or signs of an impatient scribe I don't know.
> Erni
>
>


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