[Article] Voynich Paleography article

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Lisa's opinion may differ from mine, but it can be difficult to identify the same writer if the person is using a different style of calligraphy. If you can find some shapes that are the same, sometimes... but it's a challenge, and there's a certain level of uncertainty.

A person's cursive hand and book hand and note hand can be quite different. Look at John Dee's note hand (messy, hard to read) compared to his more attractive calligraphy hand—it would be difficult to know they were the same person unless there were other clues, or a lot of text, or a combination of the two styles in the same document.


Hang on a moment... I'll find an example...

Here's an example of Dee's note hand: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Here's an example of his more formal hand (and sometimes it's even nicer than this): You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.