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| Voynich Mandalas Coloring Book |
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Posted by: merrimacga - 01-10-2023, 07:48 AM - Forum: Fiction, Comics, Films & Videos, Games & other Media
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Voynich Mandalas Coloring Book
by J-EDi Book
ASIN: B0CCCR37KP
Publisher: Independently published (July 12, 2023)
Language: English
Paperback: 64 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8852046161
Item Weight: 7.8 ounces
Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.15 x 11 inches
Age range not noted but publisher creates coloring books for kids, teenagers and adults.
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Per the publisher page:
"Discover this unique coloring book from the new extraordinary fantasy mandala series, Voynich Mandalas an Enigmatic Floral Mandalas. Each drawing in the book was created by hand by tracing the unknown plants represented in the ancient Voynich Manuscript, and re-proposed in an equally mysterious mandala, thus offering a unique coloring experience. Let yourself be transported into a world of apparently floral elements, inspired by the mysterious world of Voynich, where your creativity wrapped in mystery comes to life."
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| Relationship between word frequency and word length |
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Posted by: Addsamuels - 01-10-2023, 02:01 AM - Forum: Analysis of the text
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I think that in European languages, the most common words are short, whereas the rarer are longer on average. This is to say, that the word length is inversely proportional to the word frequency on average.
Here are some examples:
English:
Code: you 28787591
i 27086011
the 22761659
to 17099834
a 14484562
's 14291013
it 13631703
and 10572938
that 10203742
't 9628970
of 8915110
is 7400675
in 7337058
what 6900164
we 6755687
me 6444985
this 5739788
he 5516364
for 5174060
my 4938948
on 4821861
have 4764010
your 4610945
do 4419883
was 4401531
Code: de 8435682
je 8308698
est 6942248
pas 5833676
le 5305591
que 5083052
la 4825603
vous 4500162
tu 4434920
un 4360896
c' 4184576
à 4119959
et 4110855
il 4025241
a 3679682
l' 3675406
ne 3343288
les 3046663
j' 2981242
en 2925411
on 2756346
ça 2742676
une 2717481
d' 2603041
ce 2533544
Code: ich 5890279
sie 3806767
das 3122198
ist 3025610
du 2947020
nicht 2756783
die 2484854
es 2303025
und 2289891
der 1726001
wir 1721620
was 1696010
zu 1424706
er 1352161
ein 1315301
in 1231372
ja 1054114
mir 1019451
mit 1014541
wie 928920
den 920646
mich 893076
auf 881418
dass 879520
aber 854492
Code: e 7389373
non 6257811
che 6063914
di 5880995
la 3887197
il 3726599
un 3555300
a 3451723
per 2866558
è 2559257
in 2156931
una 2153925
mi 2013071
sono 2005178
ho 1823350
l' 1819882
si 1772472
ha 1662783
ma 1650248
lo 1507340
cosa 1462858
con 1440540
no 1433410
le 1425870
ti 1405833
However in the Voynich the most common words is Daiin, and it seems that people say that it plays more of a verb role (this maybe because it looks like an infinitive in a Western European Language.
Obviously the handwriting is unclear in the manuscript and thus we don't know all of the gaps, but the legnth of the word may be an important step for the decipherment.
Regards, Alex
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Invitation to take part in Task Force on Voynich Plants Historical Research |
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Posted by: asteckley - 30-09-2023, 07:20 PM - Forum: News
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I've received a lot of great feedback on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. application.
So I would like to propose a short-term project: A Voynich Plants Historical Research Task Force ... if there are sufficient volunteers willing to take part.
The Motivation
While TVG is ostensibly an application to generate input from a broad audience, I've been told that it is also providing a very useful platform in active research by presenting all of the plant illustrations from the manuscript in one easy-to-browse location and by providing a summary of the many plant identification proposals from published research.
It is NOT meant, and cannot reasonably become, a one-stop comprehensive source of collaborative research and analysis of the botanical content of the manuscript, let alone for the cross-disciplinary features beyond the plant illustrations. However, it can go a bit further than it currently is in being a useful resource for active researchers.
- The current entries from 'historical researchers' cover most of those proposals that have been published previously, but it is not complete. There are a couple of notable sources that are not yet included, and most of the current ones are very brief in detail, lack pictures, and have indirect references. And we suspect, they probably include a few erroneous entries.
- There are a couple of additional features (described later) that could be added to the application which would make it even more useful for researchers.
The effort for implementing the additional features is not tremendous, but it is the extending and refining of the data regarding the historical research proposals that would justify adding them.
What's Proposed
If there are a few volunteers from this forum (or who are otherwise qualified) who are willing to collaborate on the effort of that data collection, then I can commit resources to provide support as follows:
1. We will first extend the application with these features (perhaps others after discussion): - The ability to designate with each proposal, the part of the plant that is being recognized for similarity. This would include Whole Plant, Flower, Leaves, Root, etc.
- The ability to journal commentary, pictures, and reference links on each whole plant illustration (not just on each proposal).
- The ability to search the content of comments across all plants and proposals.
2. I will provide the means to enable the group to easily enter data into the application as any one of the historical researchers and to collaborate on this activity
3. I can also set up a means for the group to exchange private communications and collaborate during the course of the task force.
I don't think this would be an onerous effort if handled by a small group at their leisure, and it should not take too long to complete the overall effort. (A few hours by each individual would probably collectively produce the minimum needed to substantially complete the task.)
Additional Comments
- We would need at least 3 or 4 people to volunteer before commencing. This will help ensure the success of the mission and justify the effort it will require for us to first implement the additional features mentioned. I think we need at least 3 people in order to enable sufficient collaboration and 'cross-oversight' of the activity and to just reduce the overall burden.
- We would of course provide, in the application, credit to the Task Force and list its members.
- It would be beneficial if the group also composed an additional resources page to provide information and links to other resources on various related topics (e.g. the many good Voynich websites and blogs, resources on the field of botany and how to identify plants, etc.). We could then add this as its own static page in the application. (The current About page has a bit of this information, but it is getting a bit too big to do justice to the Additional Resources section.)
- If ambitious, the group could also extend The Voynich Garden data to include the many partial-plant illustrations as well. These number more than the whole-plant illustrations currently included in the application. (If that commitment were made, I could also provide the necessary tools to clip out and prepare the additional images.)
- The previous points notwithstanding, it is important to keep the scope of The Voynich Garden application well-defined. It is tempting to keep extending it with more and more information and features, but we need to guard against it spreading out beyond the botanical illustrations. This would be a prohibitive and unnecessary goal. We are all aware that researching and analyzing the Voynich Manuscript involves several specialized areas and skill sets, and the plant illustrations are just one contributory feature. And there are many excellent resources available on many topics surrounding the manuscript and its different aspects. Too much overlap with those other resources is not helpful. The Voynich Garden can be most valuable if it stays focused on providing a single location to collect and present information specific to the botanical illustrations and the analysis of what they may represent. Making use of that information in broader efforts to analyze and understand the manuscript needs to be left to researchers using a variety of resources beyond just The Voynich Garden.
If you are interested, please PM or email me (curator@cryptobotany.org).
As I mentioned, if (but only if) there is sufficient interest and volunteers, then we can launch this task force.
Thank you all,
Andrew
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| Background on The Voynich Garden |
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Posted by: asteckley - 30-09-2023, 03:45 PM - Forum: News
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I've had a few people ask questions related to background aspects of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. application that was announced in a separate You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
So I thought I'd provide a bit of context on that here:
The application was not really meant as a research platform for all the detailed analysis of the plants in the Voynich Manuscript,
so much as a way to just collect candidate plant identifications from a lot of people who might know plants but who may have never heard of the manuscript. (There is a surprisingly large number of members in special interest groups dedicated to plant identification.)
But it turns out that it provides a great place to bring together in one place and format, all the various proposals regarding the plants in the manuscript for easier access and reference in doing research on the manuscript. (A couple of prominent Voynich Manuscript researchers have told me they are finding it very useful for their active research efforts.)
Personally, I also hope the cleaned-up images of the plants provide a very useful alternative view that helps one inspect the plant illustrations more easily because making those cleaned-up images was a sizable effort. Even with several automation tools that I developed it involved many hours of tedious work that was hard on the eyes. (You can swap between the cleaned-up image and the original full folio image using the center button at the top of the plant image, by the way.)
Actually, those cleaned-up images of the plants were the impetus for the whole project in the first place.
I had developed a separate application for stepping through the manuscript, clipping out rectangular sections, and storing them in a database. The purpose was to clip out individual glyphs, worse, and paragraphs for other analysis efforts. I also added a feature to draw, clip, and store arbitrary polygons and annotate them with notes, so one could also collect images of other artifacts besides the script. At that point, we noticed how helpful it was to clip out a plant and look at it separately from the distractions of the script or other shadow images and blemishes. So we conceived The Voynich Garden and made some further processing programs to expedite the clipping of the plants and to mount them into their own images.
As we developed the application, it begged to include all of the various plant proposals that researchers had made over the last century. This launched a separate effort to develop various software tools to help collect those from various online sources, standardize them, and load them into the application with their references to the original proposers.
We have not done much to try to promote the application yet. And we will see if it gets enough users to justify maintaining it for the long run.
But thanks for all the comments and feedback that I've received so far!
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| Looking for a copy of "Flora of the Voynich Codex" |
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Posted by: asteckley - 28-09-2023, 09:40 PM - Forum: Voynich Talk
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I understand that there are serious issues with the theory put forth by Tucker et al, and I have not seen evidence that would sway me to their ideas.
However, I cannot take such a stance without looking more thoroughly at their work.
So I am looking to obtain a copy of Tucker & Janick's book "Flora of the Voynich Codex:...".
Does anyone have a used copy they would like to sell?
I have access to an electronic copy, but I am old-school still and prefer a real book, whether it is hardback or paperback.
I certainly don't mind purchasing their book, but the price being asked for a new copy ($260 for hardback, $170 for paperback) is simply unreasonable.
It is basically saying "I don't want anybody to look at my research".
Please PM me if you have a copy that you would be willing to part with.
Thanks!
Andrew
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| New Game in 2024: Codex: The Voynich Manuscript |
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Posted by: merrimacga - 24-09-2023, 03:43 AM - Forum: Fiction, Comics, Films & Videos, Games & other Media
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Pug&Duck, founded in 2019, is a German independent publisher of games, calendars, tarot cards and other products. They have a new game titled Codex: The Voynich Manuscript that is scheduled for release June 1, 2024 and is currently available to pre-order on their website. There aren't too many details known yet but below are some links for more information.
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| Friends of the Library Lecture: Lisa Fagin Davis |
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Posted by: merrimacga - 24-09-2023, 01:20 AM - Forum: News
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Lisa kindly permitted me to post this. Most users will already be very familiar with the information she will be presenting. However, those who are new to the Voynich Manuscript and/or new to this site will no doubt find this an excellent introduction.
Click You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to open this event in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
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Secret Code, Lost Language, Nonsense, or Hoax: The Voynich Manuscript's Enduring Mysteries
Oct 18, 4:30–6 PM
Onsite: Newhouse Lounge
Online: Zoom
Free and open to the public (please be sure to register)
Per the event page:
"The Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke Library MS 408) has been called The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript, and for good reason. Written entirely in an otherwise-unattested set of symbols and illustrated with unidentifiable plants, uninterpretable astrological diagrams, and astonishing biological drawings, the Voynich Manuscript (named for bookdealer Wilfrid Voynich) has intrigued, mystified, and frustrated linguists and cryptologists worldwide for centuries. Is it a code? A lost language? Does it have meaning at all? Or is it a hoax perpetrated on the world by a fifteenth-century prankster or modern forger? What do we know, and what do we have yet to learn? In this lecture, Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis, one of the foremost experts on the manuscript, will describe the manuscript's history, walk through its contents, and explain current theories and research methodologies.
Lisa Fagin Davis received her PhD in Medieval Studies from Yale University in 1993 and has catalogued medieval manuscript collections at Wellesley, Tufts, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, the Walters Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Boston Public Library, and several private collections. She has taught Latin Paleography at Yale University and Rare Book School (Charlottesville) and regularly teaches an introduction to Manuscript Studies at the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. She was elected to the Comité international de paléographie latine in 2019 and has served as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America since 2013."
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| Looking to contact these Voynich researchers... |
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Posted by: asteckley - 21-09-2023, 05:51 AM - Forum: News
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I am looking to directly contact any of the historical researchers whose proposals are presented in The Voynich Garden application (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Well, just those who are still with us, obviously.
And any other researchers who have published possible VMS plant identifications that I have not yet gotten to include in the application. I would like to ensure that their plant identifications have been completely and correctly represented.
If anyone has contact info for any of them, please PM me (or just ask them to email me).
Thanks in advance!
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