The Voynich Ninja

@Koen OK I now see what you mean.

But let's maybe look at this from another angle, on a modern example. Usage of "x" instead of "ks" in written is not unusual in modern times, we write "thanx" instead of "thanks", but we will not use that spelling form in any "official" writing. I can't recall the proper linguistic term for that, but you understand what I mean, it's basically a vulgar form of spelling. Now, if "pox" is likewise a vulgar form of spelling, the medieval counterpart of "thanx", that would explain why it rarely occurs in written sources, and also why when it does it does so for expletive, not for the literal meaning.

@Juan_Sali That's "lab", German for the rennet-bag (the stuff above depicted).

Anton: I did a small study on /x/, better to be discussed in a separate thread: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

(21-07-2023, 12:40 PM)Juan_Sali Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I dont know if the following have been discussed before. There is a potential pok in the 116v:

Indeed, this has been discussed quite a bit. I'm not sure if that was in this forum, but I guess something can be found here.

The favoured reading of this seems to be 'lab'.
The writing is so unclear that there can be serious doubt that this is writing at all.

A.G Riggs "Orthography and Pronunciation"

"The principal division is between those countries whose native languages were derived from Latin (Italy, Spain, Portugal, France) and the Germanic countries  (Germany, Austria, England, and the Flemish area of the Netherlands)

In French­Latin, x sometimes appears for s (melox = melos), and vice versa (iusta = iuxta). Loss of initial h is common (ac = hac, abet = habet), and h is added where it is not present in Classical Latin
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