{"id":397,"date":"2012-08-23T09:07:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.stefanschleifer.com\/codex\/?p=397"},"modified":"2013-03-27T07:37:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T07:37:01","slug":"a-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"A riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"Geraardsbergen Manuscript\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=368\">Geraardsbergen manuscript<\/a>, Text 1 <\/strong>(fols. 103r-103v)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1672\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103r1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1672\" alt=\"Brussels - KBR - 837-845, fol. 103r: A riddle (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)\" src=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103r1-202x300.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103r1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103r1.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brussels &#8211; KBR &#8211; 837-845, fol. 103r: A riddle (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first text in the <em>Geraardsbergen manuscript <\/em>is a\u00a0riddle with an interesting\u00a0<a title=\"Online image of fol. 103r\" href=\"http:\/\/geraardsbergen.huygens.knaw.nl\/afbeelding\/GBHSfig103r.jpg\">lay out<\/a>. An unknown word, represented by the roman numeral XVII, has to be repeated\u00a0at the beginning of every sentence, and therefore it has been connected with a line to each\u00a0one of them.\u00a0The scribe of this codex seems to like texts (often: lists) with lines connecting words or parts of sentences, because they occur regularly (see also <a title=\"Geraardsbergen Manuscript: Text 3\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=2120\">Text 3<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The question in this riddle is: With which word should this roman numeral be replaced?<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to try to solve a medieval riddle? Try <a title=\"Another riddle\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=799\">this <\/a>one!<\/p>\n<p>See also: the complete <a title=\"Geraaardsbergen Manuscript: Table of Contents\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=567\">table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1674\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103v1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1674\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1674\" alt=\"Brussels - KBR - 837-45, fol. 103v: End of the riddle (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)\" src=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103v1-300x234.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103v1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103v1-383x300.jpg 383w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/103v1.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brussels &#8211; KBR &#8211; 837-45, fol. 103v: End of the riddle (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraardsbergen manuscript, Text 1 (fols. 103r-103v) The first text in the Geraardsbergen manuscript is a\u00a0riddle with an interesting\u00a0lay out. 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