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GERSHA v9.2 — Functional model of the Voynich manuscript: external control, Linear B - Grisha - 28-02-2026
GERSHA v9.2 — Functional Model of the Voynich Manuscript with External Control and Structural Analogues
I've been working on a corpus-based structural analysis of the Voynich manuscript for the past year. Before posting I want to be clear about what this is and what it isn't.
What this is not: a decipherment. I make no claims about the language, the author, or the meaning of individual tokens.
What this is: a reproducible functional model of the manuscript's architecture, verified on the full ZL v3b corpus (202 folios, 35,049 tokens), with an external control corpus and a decoded structural analogue.
The core claim (Level 1 — fully reproducible):
The manuscript is structured as a production cycle + influence calendar. The {P}-formant { -edy | -eedy | -ody | -eody } behaves as a process marker: it rises sharply in Balneo (23.2%), falls in Pharma (7.7%), and correlates with figures acting as agents of active processes rather than catalogue markers.
Three findings are confirmed, one was refuted and corrected in v9.2:
— Balneo TTR 0.424–0.475 vs Macer Floridus baseline 0.715+ (structural chasm, confirmed independently of counting method)
— Production chain H→B→P confirmed on full corpus
— Zandbergen cross-references H↔P: +14.4 pp -ol on 8/8 paired roots
— {P}≈0% for Astro was refuted: Astro {P}=10.3%, TTR=0.744. Corrected in v9.2.
External control: Linear B (DAMOS)
The second document uses Linear B tablets from DAMOS (University of Oslo) as a decoded structural reference. Seven tablets across six series reveal a six-type document typology based on a single key finding: to-so marks a closed, totaled list regardless of series. Its absence is functional, not accidental.
This resolves a structural question about both Indus Script Type B inscriptions and the Voynich Zodiac section — both now have deciphered analogues in Linear B Series V (divine register, presence markers rather than quantities).
Voynich Balneo does not fit the accounting family (TTR 0.65–0.85, fixed positional architecture). It fits nothing in our Linear B sample. The process/instructional interpretation remains the only model consistent with all three comparisons simultaneously.
Known limitations (honest):
— HMM transition matrix built on f75r/f78r only — full ZL v3b verification pending
— Geometric binding of {P} to illustrations not confirmed via line-position metric (r = −0.076)
— All cross-system parallels are Level 2 (structural hypotheses, not semantic claims)
— Everything depends on EVA as a correct morphological boundary
Documents attached:
— GERSHA Protocol v9.2 (full corpus analysis, tables, verification status)
— GERSHA Comparative Framework v1.0 (Linear B structural control, 7 tablets, 6-type typology)
I'm genuinely interested in criticism of the method — particularly the EVA dependency and the Astro reclassification. Happy to share raw numbers.
Grisha H.G. | February 2026
RE: GERSHA v9.2 — Functional model of the Voynich manuscript: external control, Linear B - Typpi - 28-02-2026
Was AI used to make this?
RE: GERSHA v9.2 — Functional model of the Voynich manuscript: external control, Linear B - RobGea - 28-02-2026
Quote:full ZL v3b corpus (202 folios, 35,049 tokens),
Hi Grisha, how do you get those numbers,?
you say 202 folios. which folios did you leave out ?
you say 35,049 tokens, how did you treat uncertain spaces, unknown chars and rare chars ?
RE: GERSHA v9.2 — Functional model of the Voynich manuscript: external control, Linear B - Grisha - 28-02-2026
Привет, RobGea, хорошие вопросы.
Что касается фолио: в моем анализе ZL v3b содержится 226 уникальных идентификаторов фолио. Цифра "202" в GERSHA v9.2, вероятно, относится к фолио со значительным текстовым содержимым — разница обусловлена способом подсчета многосоставных фолио (f85r1/f85r2 и т. д.). Мне нужно это уточнить, и я это исправлю.
Что касается токенов: мой текущий подсчет показывает 33 562, а не 35 049. Расхождение (~1500 токенов) реально, и я исследую его источник — вероятно, это различия в обработке неопределенных прочтений {a:b}, переносов строк с помощью дефисов и минимальной длины токена. Я обрабатывал неопределенные прочтения, выбирая первый вариант, удалял неизвестные символы @NNN и исключал токены длиной ≤1 символ.
Что касается ИИ: да, для вычислительного анализа и проверки использовался Claude (Anthropic). Это отмечено в документе. Все исходные данные получены непосредственно из ZL v3b.
RE: GERSHA v9.2 — Functional model of the Voynich manuscript: external control, Linear B - tavie - 28-02-2026
We prohibit theories, papers, etc that have been assisted by AI LLM chatbots like Claude. Their latest models are invariably hallucinating when it comes to the Voynich Manuscript.
Moving this to the Slop Bucket (where you can see other examples of why LLMs cannot be trusted for analysis) and locking