RE: VMs: Henri Auguste Omont

[jean-yves artero <jyartero@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana

Omont was interested in Latin abbreviations,
especially a 1534 dictionary published in Brescia:

"Dictionnaire d'abréviations latines publié à Brescia
en 1534, par Henri Omont"

http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-12438

Jean

--- Dana Scott <dscott520@xxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Henri Auguste Omont, Paris Bibliothèque Nationale
> paleographer, was given an early opportunity to
> examine the VMs following its discovery by Wilfrid
> Voynich.  Among Omont's personal documents was found
> a one page vellum folio concerning Anglo-Saxon
> medicine (omontb, column 2, page 3-6 down).  There
> are certain flourishes, swirls of the scribe's
> quill, which I find of interest.  What caught my eye
> was their similarity to the elaborate initial
> gallows glyph seen in VMs f42v.  Wishful thinking
> perhaps, but I wonder if Omont's 'fragment' may have
> corresponded to his examination of the VMs?       
> 
>
http://www.voynich.nu/solvers.html<http://www.voynich.nu/solvers.html>
> 
> The Omont Fragment:
>
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/000.php<http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/000.php>
> 
> Omont Fragment: 
>
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/imgs/omontb.jpg<http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/imgs/omontb.jpg>
>
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/imgs/omonta.jpg<http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/imgs/omonta.jpg>
>
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/index.php<http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/index.php>
> 
> f42v:
>
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002046&iid=1006157&srchtype=ITEM<http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002046&iid=1006157&srchtype=ITEM>
> 
> Omont Collection at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven:
>
http://bib.kuleuven.be/test/archief/cbib/english/leeszalen/btab/collecties/geschiedcoll_e.htm<http://bib.kuleuven.be/test/archief/cbib/english/leeszalen/btab/collecties/geschiedcoll_e.htm>
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Dana Scott



	

	
		
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