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glyph shape similarities - undekagon - 22-09-2017
Is there already a thread discussing glyph shape similarities between the different voynich glyphs?
Something like a relationship diagram or periodic table of glyphs.
I know about a blog post from
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which classifies glyphs into three types (c \ and E ). This seems to be a good beginning for relationships/similarities of glyphs.
I think the first step in reading voynich is to classify the glyphs again before transcribing them very precisely:
- Pen stroke order
- classification which is written by which scribe and their personal differences
- making a really big dictionary with examples of the glyphs and ligatures (the atoms of the script)
After that it is possible to construct a metric which defines similarity on glyphs/ligatures.
Perhaps with this toolset we can better correct transcription errors in a computational way.
When this classification is done the next step would be to analyze the tings which seem to be the syllables. There is a blog post of JKP which discusses Janus Pairs. I think they are good candidates for syllables.
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Not to looking at exact matches in transcription but for similar words. definded by theese metrics. The Levy-Metric but modified to take in account that the transcription may have some errors.
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The voynich script still reminds me of indic script systems. Only a little flavour but perhaps there are some rules which can also help to see more patterns in voynichese?
As a reference for scripts, glyph shapes and so on, comparing the scripts of the world, this website seems to be really good as a reference:
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RE: glyph shape similarities - undekagon - 22-09-2017
This was not the link I was searching for but it also deals with the same questions
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[Perhaps I first have to read much more different voynich blog post before asking questions here?]
and it seems as if thread You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. adresses the same questions.
[How can I delete this thread or mark it as a duplicate?]
RE: glyph shape similarities - Anton - 22-09-2017
There is plenty of this discussion in the forum, some additional links are below:
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If you so wish, I can close this thread.
RE: glyph shape similarities - undekagon - 22-09-2017
Thank you for the links.
I have plenty to read now and yes please close the thread.
RE: glyph shape similarities - Anton - 22-09-2017
OK, closed as duplicate.