11-09-2016, 05:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2016, 05:59 AM by Diane.
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Anton - one of the forms which regularly separates a first character from the rest of a line is number or letter as itemisation, but another in medieval manuscripts is verse.
In discussing this on my blog -n relation to f.49v - I showed this detail from Brit.Lib. MS Harley 5437, folio 1 It's a copy of the Alexandreis,![[Image: clip-from-harley-5437-folio-1-alexandreis.jpg]](https://voynichimagery.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/clip-from-harley-5437-folio-1-alexandreis.jpg)
though of course there are many others one might mention. I mention it because if this were the case, then the 'vord' would actually be that initial+the rest separated from it, and also thinking of Nick Pelling's "block paradigm" proposal.
In discussing this on my blog -n relation to f.49v - I showed this detail from Brit.Lib. MS Harley 5437, folio 1 It's a copy of the Alexandreis,
though of course there are many others one might mention. I mention it because if this were the case, then the 'vord' would actually be that initial+the rest separated from it, and also thinking of Nick Pelling's "block paradigm" proposal.