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RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020
I was expecting some skepticism about the d glyph being interpreted as "a" for an a.e.i.o.u sequence. It doesn't quite look like an "a", but I think it's reasonable to consider the possibility because the double-story "a" was still in use at the beginning of the 15th century (although less and less as the century wore on). And, historically, the letter "a" was sometimes written in variously looped ways.
This does not mean it's the letter "a" (I'm only suggesting it might represent shape "a" for an a.e.i.o.u sequence).
Another thing to note is that in the VMS, the d shape is not homogenous. There are hundreds of instances in which it has a straight back (in my mind, I call it "straight d" as per an EVA-d variant). Sometimes it doesn't look like a d at all, it looks like a very common Gothic ligature (the c + l ligature) used in words like "clar". I've posted at least one example in another thread.
Here are examples of straight-d, round- and straight-d in the same token, and some that resemble a cl ligature:
![[Image: StraightDExamples.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/StraightDExamples.png)
Some things to note...
- Most of the straight-d glyphs are in Currier B. Every scribe (as per Lisa Fagin-Davis) uses it.
- There are places where both rounded-d and straight-d are in the same token. When this happens, it is usually the straight-d that is second (but not always).
- It is rare to find straight-d twice in the same token but I've included two examples here.
- There is also a reverse-d (this is a separate j char in the EVA font) with the straight leg on the left side (two examples included).
![[Image: VMSStraightD.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/VMSStraightD.png)
You can see in the ddl example on the far right that EVA-d and straight-d can be adjacent.
How much of this is hand variation and how much is character variation? I don't know. The VMS is so homogenous overall, that they show up in many of the same tokens in the same position. Does this mean it's essentially the same char written differently? Or are they to be interpreted as different characters? If this were a western language, they would usually be something different. But it's the VMS. We don't know what the chars mean.
RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - RenegadeHealer - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - VViews - 16-12-2020
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RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - RenegadeHealer - 16-12-2020
RE: AEIOU sequence - -JKP- - 16-12-2020