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Posted by: R. Sale - 23-01-2024, 09:22 PM - Forum: Imagery
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Simply by following the naming system provided by the listings of plants in a "Mary Garden", an additional perspective on the VMs plant section is set forth as a "visual code". By naming the violet "Our Lady's Modesty", alternatively "Mary's Modesty', which carries the double 'M' monogram, also found in Latin. The monogram is camouflaged in the VMs violet diagram as Koen pointed out. "Mary's Modesty" is specifically tied to the story of the Annunciation.
Likewise, costmary was called the "Herb of the Virgin". And the interpretation of the wing-like roots as the wings of Saint Michael <Juan_Sali> shows that this is an intentional representation of the Assumption.
Clearly both of these religious events are significant in Mariology, and they add to other religious interpretations that can be made from various VMs illustrations. VMs Virgo as the Virgin Mary on the crescent moon is another indicator of Mariology.
Are these two botanical examples like 'golden boughs' in a forest of green. Is that the purpose of the botanical section? Is this a place where every picture tells a story or a place where things of value are few and far between?
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| The Emergence of a Possible Coded Vocabulary After the Application of an Algorithm |
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Posted by: Pardis Motiee - 21-01-2024, 09:38 PM - Forum: News
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I have published this You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., on my website, please review it, if you can. Also, some words which are provided in the appendices did not have clear letters in the voynich manuscript so I had to factor them out. Its subject is about vocabulary that emerges by using the method of deciphering. And there are words that can be used to recognize and read the rest of the words which will appear on different pages.
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| Voynich papers by Joannes Richter on Scribd |
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Posted by: merrimacga - 20-01-2024, 05:19 AM - Forum: News
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Sometime ago I was Googling for Voynich related information and I ran across a Voynich paper on Scribd by Joannes Richter. I saved the link at the time but it took me until now to look into it further. It turns out it is # 8 in a series of 17 (so far) such papers by this author about the VM (he has others about the VM outside this series). I did a search on this site because I thought for certain someone here must have discussed his work before but my search came up empty. However, Nick Pelling has written about him on Cipher Mysteries (specifically, a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that discussed an earlier paper Richter wrote).
Richter has posted this intro on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on Scribd (his work, including a couple below, can also be found on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.):
Overview of studies (and vita) of Joannes Richter Born 1947 in the Netherlands I studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands) and received a Master of Science degree in 1972. From 1972 I designed communication-systems for various large and medium-size German companies, including antennas, propagation systems and IT-databases for data-management. From 1989 (in my spare time) I studied etymology and linguistics as a communication tool, which might be optimized by ternary codings. Technical ternary systems may often be found in managing data structures, searching and sorting procedures. Most technical ternary systems may be found in the early stages of data processing, electronic systems and communications.
I confess I haven't read through these completely yet, just parts of them. I wasn't even able to access # 4, which is not listed below. It took me quite awhile just to dig up as much information as I have presented here. All these papers can be read online without a login on Scribd but to download them you will need at least a free trial account. I have included below just the titles, number of pages, upload dates, and Scribd links. If any of you do read any of them, I hope you at least find them interesting, if not also find some fresh thoughts or insight. Richter put quite a lot of work into them.
Voynich (1) : The Roots of The Voynich-Manuscript
57 pages, uploaded by Richter Jun 8, 2022
(In the introduction for this first one, he says he studied the Voynich information browser (Version 0.4) and the Voynich site of René Zandbergen.)
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Voynich (2) : The Search For Water - and Air-Words in The Voynich Manuscript
15 pages, uploaded by Richter Jun 19, 2022
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Voynich (3) : The Relations Between The Hunter Orion, The Pleiades and The Baskets in The Voynich Manuscript
12 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 1, 2022
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Voynich (5) : The Life-Cycle in Page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of The Voynich Manuscript
10 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 15, 2022
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Voynich (6) - The Origin of The Yellow, Blue and Green Waters
6 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 16, 2022
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Voynich (7) : The Role of The Queens in The Voynich Manuscript
10 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 18, 2022
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Voynich (8) : The Misinterpretation and Reinterpretation of The Voynich Manuscript
12 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 19, 2022
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Voynich (9) - The Background of The Voynich-Manuscript
28 pages, uploaded by Richter Ju1 27, 2022
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Voynich (10) - The Text To The Ponds at Page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in The Voynich Manuscript
10 pages, uploaded by Richter Aug 3, 2022
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Voynich (11) - Analysis of The Rainbows in The Voynich Manuscript
10 pages, uploaded by Richter Aug 5, 2022
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Voynich (12) : Analysis of The Names For The Nymphs
8 pages, uploaded by Richter Aug 6, 2022
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Voynich (13) - A RISC-Design For The Voynich Alphabet (?)
17 pages, uploaded by Richter Aug 21, 2022
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Voynich (14) - The Heart of The Voynich Manuscript
30 pages, uploaded by Richter Aug 28, 2022
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Voynich (15) - The Role of Repetitions in The Voynich Manuscript
13 pages, uploaded by Richter Sep 7, 2022
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Voynich (16) - Another Approach To The Voynich Manuscript
18 pages, uploaded by Richter Apr 8, 2023 (also on Academia)
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Voynich (17) - The Voynich Manuscript As A Manual For The Habsburgs
17 pages, uploaded by Richter Apr 27, 2023 (also on Academia)
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| Book: Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu |
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Posted by: merrimacga - 18-01-2024, 09:40 AM - Forum: Fiction, Comics, Films & Videos, Games & other Media
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Solenoid is a 2015 novel by Mircea Cărtărescu. The English translation by Sean Cotter was published in 2022. It was named one of the best books of 2022 by the New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, and Words Without Borders. And it is currently a nominee on the 2024 Longlist for the Dublin Literary Award.
Based on the author's own experience as a high school teacher, the book tells the story of a Romanian teacher who was once an aspiring author. It begins with the mundane details of the teacher's life leading into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics. Part autobiography, part history and part fiction, the book covers real issues faced in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Communist Romania while escaping existence by exploring life and art in alternate universes, dimensions and timelines. The title comes from the massive, subterranean electromagnetic coils (solenoids) the teacher discovers at his home and around his city, each of which allows him to experience an altered existence. Historical figures such as Nikola Tesla and Charles Hinton make appearances as does the Voynich Manuscript.
The Dublin Literary Award, established in 1994 and first awarded in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely sponsored by Dublin City Council in Ireland. The prize is €100,000 and if the winning book is a translation, the prize is divided between the author (€75,000) and the translator (€25,000). Nominations are submitted by public libraries worldwide and a rotating international panel of judges narrows the selection down first to a longlist in October or November then down to a shortlist of up to ten titles announced in March or April the following year with the winner usually announced in June. To be eligible, a work must be published two years prior to the award. Translations are eligible if the work was first published in its original language between two and six years prior to the translation.
For 2024, the longlist, which was only just announced this week, includes 70 books nominated by 80 libraries in 35 countries. Of the 70 nominated, 31 are translations, including Solenoid. The shortlist will be announced the 26th of March. The winner will be announced the 23rd of May.
Solenoid on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and reviewed in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Dublin Literary Award on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
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Posted by: R. Sale - 10-01-2024, 08:41 PM - Forum: Analysis of the text
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Much linguistic investigation is involved with methodology. Much less with the choice of the text to be investigated. One potential solution intended to defy general investigation is to construct and distribute a hidden text. Progress toward a solution then requires the recognition and reconstruction of the hidden text. In the VMs the hidden segments of text are denoted and recognized by the use of Stolfi's markers - patterned boxes in circular text segments.
The reconstituted text includes the outer marked band of White Aries, the inner marked band of White Aries, the marked band of Cancer, the outer band of the VMs cosmos, the two marked halves of the central rosette, and others.
Analysis depends as much on the subject as it does on the method. The markers are a system intentionally built into the VMs.
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| Blog fully revised with new material. |
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Posted by: Hermes777 - 09-01-2024, 07:33 PM - Forum: News
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After laying idle and unloved for some time, my Voynich pages have now been fully revised. The blog title has changed - but not the URL. Lots of new material and further developments of my line of research. I hope to offer a different approach and fresh perspectives. Daily posts at the moment.
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