A philologist is to a linguist as an engineer is to a physicist. The first ones learn how to do things; the second ones learn the theory behind them.
You wouldn't want to hire a linguist to translate a medieval text, any more than you'd hire a physicist to test the max structural load for a bridge.
#France: professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize
“ There was no Intl Society of #Philology.
The US university to which it was affiliated existed only online, its address was traced to a jewellery store in Delaware.
The award – likened to a Nobel – was invented by Montaclair, & he had bought the medal from a jeweller in Paris for €250 to present to himself.”
French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize | France | The Guardian
The Fairytale Language of the Brothers Grimm
By Chi Luu
How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore
Brothers Grimm at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Brothers+Grimm
The gold medal for deception: How a professor created an international award out of thin air.
In 2016, Florent Montaclair stepped into the spotlight when he received the Gold Medal of Philology, a sort of Nobel Prize for the discipline.
In fact, the award was created by Montaclair himself. It took an investigation by Romanian journalists to uncover this hoax, which is now the subject of a judicial inquiry in France.
New three-part publication set presenting a comprehensive system-theoretical framework for the structural reconstruction of the Voynich Manuscript:
Monograph: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410209
Entry Note: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410808
Executive Summary: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410495
Author ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1546-7234
#Voynich #AcademicResearch #SystemsTheory #Musicology #Archaeology #Philology #CognitiveScience #MediaStudies #DigitalHumanities
This monograph presents a comprehensive structural reconstruction of the Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) based solely on its observable formal properties. Using a systemic, transcription‑independent analytical framework, the study demonstrates that the manuscript does not encode linguistic, cryptographic, botanical, medical, or cosmological content. Instead, it constitutes a functional, multimodal system integrating modular motoric sequences, cyclical diagrammatic architectures, layered operational structures, and resonance‑based dynamics. The analysis identifies the manuscript as a bimanual motoric notation system whose internal logic corresponds to the technique of a Gothic harp with a double‑string bordun. Glyph sequences function as modular action units; diagrams provide cyclical and spatial form models; iconographic elements depict bodily coordination, acoustic resonance, and regenerative procedures. Together, these components form a coherent operational ecology for the execution of structured acoustic and motoric processes. The study situates the manuscript within a premodern workshop environment involving multiple scribes, embedded in a socially coordinated acoustic practice rather than a textual or symbolic tradition. This contextualization supports the manuscript’s authenticity and explains its multimodal, practice‑oriented structure. The monograph offers the first internally consistent explanation of the manuscript’s architecture, providing a reproducible analytical method, a functional classification, and a complete reconstruction of its structural logic.
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