Character entropy of Voynichese

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As a further example, I just found the "Bennet" transcription of f1r. It is not a literal transcription by Bennett, it is a transcription of mine but using the alphabet that Bennett adopted for his studies. This was part of the work that I began but then neglected.

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Code:

fachyS ykal ar ytaM shol shor otoreS ykor sholdy Sory ckhar ory kaN chtaM shor aN cthar cthar dan SyaM sheky or ykaM shod cthoary ctheS daraM Sy doM oteey oteor r oloty ct aar daM okaM or okan Sairy chear cthaM cphar cfhaM ydaraishy odar sy shol cphoy oydar sh S cfhoaM shodary yshey shody okchoy otchol chocthy oSchy daN chor koS daM shoS cfhol shody daN or teody ydaN cpheSaM olS cphey ytaN shoshy cphodaleS oksho kshoy otairN oteol okan shodaN S ckhhy daM shoy ckhey kodaM cphy cphodaiilS cthhy sho oldan d daN oM chol odaM chodaN chdy okaN dan cthy kod daM shckhey ckhor char shey kolchol cholkor chal sho chol chodan kshy kchy dor chodaM sho keeoin ycho tchey chekaN sheopshol dydyd cthy daiithy yto shol she kodchey cphealy daraN daN ckhydS dchar shcthaM okaMchey rchycpotol ctholS daocty shok chor chey daN ckhey otol daiM cpho shaM shokcheey chol ksodeeSy shey pydeey chy ro dar ydoN chol daN cthal dar shear kaM dar shey cthar cho So kaM shoaM okol daM far cthol daM ctholdar ycheey okaS oky daM okchey kokaM okchol koachy dal dcheo shody khshhy cthy okchey keey keeydal chtor cho chol chok choty chotey dchaM

After normalization (remove linebreaks), we have h1 = 3.84, h2 = 2.14, h1-h2 = 1.7.

If we remove all spaces, we get h1 = 3.85, h2 = 2.34, h1-h2 = 1.51.