The page numbering used below is taken from the Yale PDF.
* On page 49v in the left margin, you can clearly read "1 2 3 4 5", suggesting again to me that the writer had previous knowledge of other languages. The same page has more arabic number series in the left margin of the page, "0 2 9" repeats, and "8 9" occurs (read top-down). I may be confused by the apperance of the symbols. However the "1 2 3 4 5" sequence is a extremely unlikely coincidence.
* These numbers in the left margin can be seen on several other pages, such as 54v. Again, i may be confused by the appearance of the symbols. However the more i look at it, it does look like a code.
* On 57v, we can see what appears to be an alphabet sequence in the circles. The sequence is mirrored on the other part of the same circle in the second circle counted from the outside.
* Page 66r again has a left-column top-down list of symbols, what looks like a encryption key of sorts.
Many clues in the document makes me believe it is unlikely to orginate from america, such as crossbowmen, castles and bath houses.
If I remember correctly from earlier discussions about this script, these numbers were written much later by some other owners to keep track of the ordering.
Well, since the script seems to be influenced by Arabic writings, authors should have known Arabic numbering too. But it's not clear if these are original writings, as you said, we should look into previous research.
First you should get the PDF copy from http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/pdfgen/exportPDF.php?bibid=2...
The page numbering used below is taken from the Yale PDF.
* On page 49v in the left margin, you can clearly read "1 2 3 4 5", suggesting again to me that the writer had previous knowledge of other languages. The same page has more arabic number series in the left margin of the page, "0 2 9" repeats, and "8 9" occurs (read top-down). I may be confused by the apperance of the symbols. However the "1 2 3 4 5" sequence is a extremely unlikely coincidence.
* These numbers in the left margin can be seen on several other pages, such as 54v. Again, i may be confused by the appearance of the symbols. However the more i look at it, it does look like a code.
* On 57v, we can see what appears to be an alphabet sequence in the circles. The sequence is mirrored on the other part of the same circle in the second circle counted from the outside.
* Page 66r again has a left-column top-down list of symbols, what looks like a encryption key of sorts.
Many clues in the document makes me believe it is unlikely to orginate from america, such as crossbowmen, castles and bath houses.
I published a longer write up on my blog, at http://martinlindhe.blogspot.se/2014/02/the-other-day-news-b...