THE CODE PAGE MICRO WRITING
With more than 6000 images taken of the code page and other documents over the past 10 years, I though it would be useful to bring some together on the one page so that people can see for themselves just where examples of micro writing are to be found. It's not only within the letters of the code but also in the 'open spaces' on the page.
As you can see above, I have indicated a point on the top right marked over area that contains two examples, there are more in this same area but for the purpose of this page, I will stick to just these two:
View 1
A close up of the top right corner but highlighted:
You can see some markings within the red highlighted box but not quite as clear as they could be.
View 2
This is exactly the same image but it is inverted and lightened a little:
Above you can readily see two strings of micro written numbers within the highlighted box.
The upper string appears to read:
53436359466
The lower string is a bit more interesting as it starts with what looks like a Pound sign :
£25329
£25329
When you examine this image closely, you can make out more examples, one a little above the upper string of numbers and the other set os at the base of the image and about centre in the shaded area.
Note
What many have done over the years is to look at this code page as it is first presented i.e. square on and reading top to bottom. The reality is that in practice, the person who wrote this page did so at different angles and with different implements. Thus in this case we inverted an image and in another case, which I will post at a later date the image itself is turned into the negative view.
You are welcome to download these images of course, I used the code page from the Adelaide University WIKI which you can also download.
In the next post I will:
1. Describe the process used to access the corner image and number strings.
2. Show images that give us an indication of just who might have written the page.