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State of the Voynich January 2017: RESULTS - Koen G - 29-01-2017
The first results thread was lost in the database crash and I am unable to recover it. So here I will list again the result of our first "state of the Voynich" survey, in which we tried to make a snapshot of the beliefs that live in our community. These results reflect the state as it was in early January 2017. Sixteen members participated.
Yes/no questions
The percentages reflect the amount of respondents who were more inclined to answer "yes" than "no" to the question:
0% Is the manuscript any kind of hoax?
15% Is alchemy an important part of the manuscript?
20% Have the images been made ambiguous or otherwise strange to conceal their true meaning?
23% Is the majority of the plants exotic from a European perspective?
23% Is the manuscript authored by a known historical figure?
67% Has the text been purposefully enciphered to conceal its meaning?
67% Is medicine an important part of the manuscript?
67% Is the manuscript the creative product of one mind, i.e. an author?
87% Is astronomy and/or astrology an important part of the manuscript?
93% Are the plants meant to refer to real plants?
93% Will there be any breakthrough in Voynich studies in 2017?
100% Does the text contain any meaning?
100% Do the images match the text?
100% Will we ever be able to read the manuscript?
Open questions:
- What is quire 13 about? The main group of answers can be classified as "medicine, anatomy, bathing", with seven mentions. Other mentions included astronomy, meteorology, natural philosophy and geography.
- What is quire 20 about? This question was very hard to answer and many users opted to skip it. Answers included: excerpts from known texts, geography, history, philosophy , various advices and thoughts, proverbs, recipes.
- Which language?
- Non-European language (6)
- European vernacular (4)
- Greek (3)
Final notes
I had included some other observations but I can't remember all of them. A funny stat was that Anton and davidjackson agreed most often with the majority answer, while Koen Gh. and Sam G's answers differed most often from the majority.
It is also interesting to note that the yes/no questions are fairly polarizing: with a large gap between 23% and 67%, the 50% is always out of reach.
Finally, I will note again that I am encouraged to see the optimism and belief in our possibilities that shines through these results. I am looking forward to see what our answers will be in January 2018!
RE: State of the Voynich January 2017: RESULTS - ThomasCoon - 30-01-2017
Thank you for reposting, Koen