The Voynich Ninja

The recent exchange in the pinned thread of "A brief summary..." where it's stated that no label uses the "qo-" prefix (which is not true in fact) led me (via the Rene's website) to the fact that the root in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is labeled with "qo" inside of it.

I checked, and this does not seem to be a prefix, rather a standalone vord "qo". The "qo" is a valid vord with 29 occurrences beside f99v, as early as in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and as late as in f116r. Sometimes it has an "apostrophe" (I always forget what's the appropriate English word for that, is it "macron"?), in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. it has a ligature. It is not clear whether all three versions bear the same meaning. Quite often (seven times) "qo" is the first vord in the line.

Why would the inside of a root be labeled "qo" (read: why would a root be labeled inside at all)? Is that a colour annotation or some other remark? Can this give us any clue?

(27-07-2021, 10:10 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The recent exchange in the pinned thread of "A brief summary..." where it's stated that no label uses the "qo-" prefix (which is not true in fact) led me (via the Rene's website) to the fact that the root in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is labeled with "qo" inside of it.

Hello Anton,

I see the qo inside a root (4th root, 3rd row). It could be a smudged "r" or "p".

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Yes, it's the same occurrence that I'm speaking of.

What's notable about it that the Voynichese labels are usually placed outside the object, not inside it. The few exceptions are the jars and the label in the leaf in f2r.

(28-07-2021, 10:03 AM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What's notable about it that the Voynichese labels are usually placed outside the object, not inside it. The few exceptions are the jars and the label in the leaf in f2r.

But it would be the expected place for a color annotation.

Yes, or more generally for annotation/remark of any kind. For example, a break/resume annotation, an importance annotation, and so on.

from memory: I thought the Rosette has some qo-labels

The Zodiac does as well, just accidentally noticed one today. But in this thread I mean not anything just prefixed with qo-, but the exact "qo" match - the vord that's in that root.