A key to understand the VMS

[Torsten]

In my first post in this thread I have shown that the frequencies for words similar to each other fulfill a certain pattern. If the frequencies of similar words are related to each other this means that this words must depend in some way on each other.

One example for words matching to this pattern are the words similar to 'chedy'. The word 'chedy' is the most frequent word in Currier B. Surprisingly it never occurs on pages in Currier A. If the words similar to 'chedy' are indeed related in some way to 'chedy' we should expect that this words also never occur on pages in Currier A. And this is indeed the case (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Moreover words containing the sequence 'ed' are an exception for pages in Currier A! On the other side words containing 'od' like 'chody' and 'cheody' occur in Currier A and in Currier B (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).

Whereas elements occurring in Currier A did also occur in Currier B this did not happen the other way around. In my eyes the most plausible explanation for this feature is a shift from 'od' to 'ed' while writing the text. If this was the case the proportion of words in B language for each page should reveal the initial order for the pages. And indeed it is possible to reorder the sections of the VMS in a way that there is a steady increase of words in Currier B. The resulting order is: Herbal in Currier A, Pharmaceutical section, Astronomical section, Cosmological section, Herbal in Currier B, Stars and Biological section.