OK I think we nailed anchiton down.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. refers to some stories about Alexander, in particular how he built a gate (btw, there are also "portas" in f116v!) and covered them with a substance which neither fire nor iron can take.
This substance is called diffrently in different sources, e.g. on page 91 the book, speaking of "Historia de praeliis", says:
"the fabric, which resists fire and iron, which he overmold the iron gates <is called here>: antichiton and anchiton. The true spelling of this word is uncertain <there is a also a useful footnote>. Muller believes that asbestos is meant."
Earlier on p. 89 it is stated that in another source the substance is called "asixeton".
The whole stuff is explored in pages 89-91. It would be nice if some of our Dutch members could provide translation of the narrative. Google translator is good with Dutch, but well three pages translation is cumbersome for me
The PDF of the book is downloadable.
So anchiton is a mythical substance resistant to fire and iron.
Searcher:
Why rush with assumptions not having acquainted yourself with the previous works on f116v. In particular, I recommend to your attention the considerations that J.K.Petersen, D. Jackson and myself
wrote about these marginalia, let alone the Elmar Vogt's survey.
If "pox leber" is the correct reading (I'm pretty sure that it is), there is no proof that it relates literally to goat's liver. "pox something" is a typical obscene expression from the medieval carnival culture, I've got really tired to reiterate this time and again , especially given that I pointed it out above in this thread.
"gas mich" could by no means be read as "gaf mich" - that's an "s", and not an "f".
"valsen" would sooner be "valden", and not "valsen", because the 8 letter is not in the end of the word.
So I'm sorry to say that your interpretation is not only "not perfect", it is, in my opinion, quite inconsistent.
&c &c
But your note about anchiton has been truly encouraging, because we seem to have digged out what it actually is and... that settles the decades' dispute between "anchiton" and "michiton"!!! It's "anchiton" after all!
I'd say that's the Voynich event of the year.
(And btw the evidence of effectiveness of our forum).
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. refers to some stories about Alexander, in particular how he built a gate (btw, there are also "portas" in f116v!) and covered them with a substance which neither fire nor iron can take.
This substance is called diffrently in different sources, e.g. on page 91 the book, speaking of "Historia de praeliis", says:
"the fabric, which resists fire and iron, which he overmold the iron gates <is called here>: antichiton and anchiton. The true spelling of this word is uncertain <there is a also a useful footnote>. Muller believes that asbestos is meant."
Earlier on p. 89 it is stated that in another source the substance is called "asixeton".
The whole stuff is explored in pages 89-91. It would be nice if some of our Dutch members could provide translation of the narrative. Google translator is good with Dutch, but well three pages translation is cumbersome for me
The PDF of the book is downloadable.
So anchiton is a mythical substance resistant to fire and iron.
Searcher:
Why rush with assumptions not having acquainted yourself with the previous works on f116v. In particular, I recommend to your attention the considerations that J.K.Petersen, D. Jackson and myself
wrote about these marginalia, let alone the Elmar Vogt's survey.If "pox leber" is the correct reading (I'm pretty sure that it is), there is no proof that it relates literally to goat's liver. "pox something" is a typical obscene expression from the medieval carnival culture, I've got really tired to reiterate this time and again , especially given that I pointed it out above in this thread.
"gas mich" could by no means be read as "gaf mich" - that's an "s", and not an "f".
"valsen" would sooner be "valden", and not "valsen", because the 8 letter is not in the end of the word.
So I'm sorry to say that your interpretation is not only "not perfect", it is, in my opinion, quite inconsistent.
&c &c
But your note about anchiton has been truly encouraging, because we seem to have digged out what it actually is and... that settles the decades' dispute between "anchiton" and "michiton"!!! It's "anchiton" after all!
I'd say that's the Voynich event of the year.
(And btw the evidence of effectiveness of our forum).