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-m,-g typically ends a line. - Addsamuels - 19-06-2023

According to voynichese, there are 1105 matches with the letter m in them, 778 are line ends.
For a strong *m search, there are 1092 matches, 768 are line-ends.
It's a similar story with *g with 62/80 line ends and for just g, 71/96 are line ends.


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - Addsamuels - 19-06-2023

It seems to work more in Currier B as a line end, also but that's just a quick observation.


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - ThomasCoon - 28-06-2023

These are great observations, Alex! You should add them to the Objective Statistics - maybe they're a piece of the Voynich Puzzle  Yes


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - dashstofsk - 21-07-2023

Perhaps a list of frequencies of all characters might be helpful.

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RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - Addsamuels - 28-01-2025

Are there any theories that m and g are simply variants of r/s/l? (Like the gallow characters)


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - tavie - 28-01-2025

These first come to mind as being relevant:


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - nablator - 29-01-2025

(19-06-2023, 03:27 PM)Addsamuels Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It seems to work more in Currier B as a line end, also but that's just a quick observation.

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RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - zachary.kaelan - 03-03-2025

Lisa's scribe 3 uses them twice as often as the other scribes, and is also the most consistent with initialing paragraphs with gallows. They're responsible for the very text-dense final section of the manuscript. I'd say it represents "periods" to end sentences.


RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - dashstofsk - 05-03-2025

(03-03-2025, 10:58 PM)zachary.kaelan Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Lisa's scribe 3 uses them twice as often as the other scribes.

Not quite. The frequencies by hand and cluster for words ending in m are given below. Hand 3 liked to use m in writing the stars A3 pages ( f58r, f58v ). Bio ( quire 13 ) doesn't use it much. There aren't enough words ending with g to form any significant conclusion for that character.

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RE: -m,-g typically ends a line. - zachary.kaelan - 05-03-2025

(05-03-2025, 12:55 PM)dashstofsk Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Not quite. The frequencies by hand and cluster for words ending in m are given below.

Nah, we're talking about line endings.