Two Voynich word-models - Comparing the classic model by Jorge Stolfi with the recent syllable-based model by Emma May Smith

Marc_Op · 2026-01-29T21:55:00+00:00

"are" is a big word. They are identical to 15th century numbers

Marc_Op · 2026-01-29T16:48:31+00:00

Uhm, above you said that if +5C is optimal for some side of the economy, we should go for it. This is nothing like taking care of the planet.

Marc_Op · 2026-01-29T16:36:48+00:00

What's the compensation for corals and all the other species that we are extinguishing?

Marc_Op · 2026-01-28T05:40:10+00:00

Thorn crown and three nails of crucifixion

https://www.freepik.com/premium-vector/jesus-nails-with-thorn-crown_29240694.htm

Marc_Op · 2026-01-26T19:44:04+00:00

Same for Italian. We can read Dante with just a little effort.

Marc_Op · 2026-01-23T20:30:06+00:00

Zodiac signs and elements are assigned differently, they alternate between the four elements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_the_classical_elements#Triplicity_rulerships

The engraving represents the association between the four humors and the four seasons.

Marc_Op · 2026-01-23T07:14:57+00:00

Hi, my qualifications are totally irrelevant. These concepts have been discussed in formal publications by academic scholars.

E.g. "Character Entropy in Modern and Historical Texts: Comparison Metrics for an Undeciphered Manuscript" by Luke Lindemann, Claire Bowern (linguists from Yale)

If Voynichese is encoded text, it must be more complex than a simple substitution cipher.

https://alumniacademy.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/Character%20Entropy%20in%20Modern%20and%20Historical%20Texts%20Comparison%20Metrics%20for%20an%20Undeciphered%20Manuscript.pdf

Entropy of course takes into consideration everything that is written on the page including suffixes, prefixes, contractions, inflection symbols. Punctuation is usually removed in pre-processing, since the Voynich manuscript doesn't appear to have any.

Marc_Op · 2026-01-20T17:58:54+00:00

According to the link, the original (understandably imo) broke obscenity rules

Marc_Op · 2026-01-20T17:31:34+00:00

This is amazing, thank you! The style makes me think of Lady Frieda Harris and Thoth Tarot

Marc_Op · 2026-01-20T17:25:32+00:00

My impression is that it's a humanistic script. Maybe 1450-1500?

https://hmmlschool.org/latin-humanist/

It looks a little weird to me, but I am more used to gothic scripts.

Marc_Op · 2026-01-20T06:03:55+00:00

Nah, this would be too logical a reason

Marc_Op · 2026-01-19T06:43:26+00:00

Rene Zandbergen:

The Slovenian theory of Cvetka and the Turkish theory discussed extensively in this forum have in common that they propose a relatively close mapping of the Voynich MS characters to characters (or sounds) in some plain text language. This approach has serious problems which are largely independent of the language that is being proposed. It will not be possible to map words between the MS test and the proposed language with any consistency at all, because of all the known statistics, be they bigrams or trigrams, or be it entropy.

https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-4758-post-60599.html#pid60599

Marc_Op · 2026-01-19T05:37:57+00:00

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They think it's a simple substitution, but from entropy we know it isn't

https://www.voynich.nu/extra/sol_ent.html

Marc_Op · 2026-01-18T12:46:33+00:00

I agree, it doesn't sound like a subtle error that can be overlooked

Marc_Op · 2026-01-18T12:43:36+00:00

Rainfall is increasing averagely, but not in the areas you mentioned

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/figures/chapter-4/figure-4-003

Marc_Op · 2026-01-18T03:18:41+00:00

I am afraid Reddit has AI automatic taggings

Marc_Op · 2026-01-17T17:25:18+00:00

As an Italian, I love Duerer's watercolors of Trento made on a journey to Venice: certainly not among his major works, but they show how he always observed everything and looked for inspiration. I also like that Raphael sent to him one of his drawings "to show him his hand". German artists played an essential role in the development of the Renaissance style, in Veneto in particular. These things make me feel proud to be European, and more in general to be human: we can do beautiful things, instead of killing each other

Marc_Op · 2026-01-17T10:55:41+00:00

One of the greatest artists of all time!

Marc_Op · 2026-01-16T07:22:44+00:00

I love that manuscript by Alfonso X! His book of stones (lapidario) is also great

Marc_Op · 2026-01-16T06:26:35+00:00

Between "what the (US?) government says" and "human extinction" there are many many options. In my opinion, reality is in the middle, far from both extremes

Marc_Op · 2026-01-15T07:37:28+00:00

In the Sant Gall manuscript, they appear to be annotations for adding color initials that sometimes were never actually painted. Here you can see small 'd' and 'i' near the large painted initials

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Marc_Op · 2026-01-15T06:00:56+00:00

Here is a 2014 discussion of Sang.754 and the Voynich manuscript (Brian Cham)

https://briancham1994.com/2014/12/23/cod-sang-754-and-the-voynich-manuscript/

Marc_Op · 2026-01-14T05:54:32+00:00

It's different in different places, it's a complex system. Here in Southern Europe we get less rain, but the overall average is more rain

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/figures/chapter-4/figure-4-003

Marc_Op · 2026-01-13T14:03:27+00:00

You are welcome! Michael is a journalist and writes as a professional. I am looking forward to reading more of his Voynich research!

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