SOMERTON MAN: IT"S OVER

 

IT'S OVER...

But it's not over for me... It's the end of the beginning as a great man once said.

A new camera with a much better resolution has produced some quite stunning results. The image above as many would know is of the Boxall Rubaiyat, Verse 70 inscription as written and signed by Jestyn. The new camera has been able to catch the finest detail and differences in shades such that the penciled in microcode which was then covered in ink, is quite visible in numerous places in the wording of the inscription.

Take a few minutes and examine these close-up images, you can download them and if you do I suggest that you print them out at best quality using an inkjet printer and then, perhaps, one last thing which I will relate to you at the end of this post.

THE EVIDENCE IN CLOSE UP:

1. Image 0, Marked.

The arrows point to areas on the image that you can zoom into or download for a better view. There are 12 instances shown but there are in fact many more. Perhaps the most interesting example is the comma, it's about central in the image, you will be able to see a clear set of micro written numbers within that comma and importantly, they were written from the left of the page. The marked area immediately beneath it also has clear numbers but there are also markings within the stain that are worth examining.

Image 1. Marked

A string of numbers and some letters, micro written from left to right in the upright of the number 70. This number was written in by ALf after his 1977/78 interview with Stuart Littlemore. The code in the upright was not written from the left but from the right of the page which tells us that very probably, ALf did not write the rest of the microcode in the inscription. I wonder whether one of the two people concerned was left-handed?

Image 2. Marked

The microcode within the dash is the smallest example of the writing found on this page. Also shown are letters and numbers within the letter 'b' of 'but' alongside the dash on line 2 of the inscription.

Image 3. Marked

I have marked 22 instances on this image which is a close-up of the left side of the inscription. There are in fact many more instances as you will see if you either zoom in on your browser or if you download it to examine it.

Image 4. Marked

I make that 23 instances of microcode indicated on this marked-up image of the inscription, once again there are more which you should be able to identify as you examine it.

Image 6. Marked

Even clearer, but more than we show here.

Just one more image to show which I will add tomorrow, it's a close-up of the JESTYN signature..

All you need to do with these images is download and view it land literally just print it out at a normal size using a reasonable quality inkjet printer set to the best quality and use bleed-proof paper for that print.

INK H

The technique used by Alf and Jestyn was INK H, the method taken to the UK by a brilliant designer George Teltscher. It is understood that George went to work for British Intelligence in 1942, by 1943 British SOE had developed a manual that contained various codes and copncealment techniques including the one shown here. Ink with microcode inserted in pencil within each letter of each word. the same technique was used in the Somerton Man Code page and the torn piece.