26-07-2018, 10:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-07-2018, 11:04 PM by Torsten.
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The statistics give us some important insights. For instance they tell us that at the end of a word the glyphs a and o transform into y:
ar (350) dar (318) odar (24) kar (52) okar (129) qokar (152)
al (260) dal (253) odal (13) kal (23) okal (138) qokal (191)
or (363) dor ( 73) odor ( 8) kor (26) okor ( 34) qokor ( 36)
ol (537) dol (117) odol ( 2) kol (37) okol ( 82) qokol (104)
y (151) dy (270) ody (46) ky (25) oky (102) qoky (147)
But the most important insight is a pattern that exists throughout the entire manuscript. You can find this pattern on every page, every quire and also within Currier A and B. This pattern is that frequent words occur together with similar ones.
The most simple example is the word chedy. This word only exists once for Currier A but it is also the third most frequent word within the VMS. How is this even possible? This happens since chedy is the most frequent word within Currier B. And guess what the second most frequent word in Currier B is? This is the word Shedy. It should be no surprise that more words similar to chedy and Shedy exists in Currier B:
chedy (501) lchedy (119) olchedy (38) qolchedy (10)
shedy (426) lshedy ( 42) olshedy (23) qolshedy ( 2)
cheedy ( 95) lcheedy ( 9) olcheedy ( 3) qolcheedy ( 2)
sheedy ( 84) lsheedy ( 6) olsheedy ( 1) qolsheedy ( 2)
This pattern also holds for a quire and even for a single page. For instance the most frequent words in quire 1 are beside daiin the words chol, chor and Shol. Another example are the most frequent words on page f1v. This are the words chol, Shol and dol. On page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the most frequent words are chol, Shol, chor, daiin, chear and dain. ... The three most frequent words on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are qokeedy, qokedy and okedy. All three words occur 16 times. The most frequent words on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are qokain and okain, Shey and chedy and also dain and ain.
This pattern also explains the statistics. Similar words occur with similar frequencies since they occur together within the VMS!
The question for the VMS is therefore why did words occur together with similar ones?
ar (350) dar (318) odar (24) kar (52) okar (129) qokar (152)
al (260) dal (253) odal (13) kal (23) okal (138) qokal (191)
or (363) dor ( 73) odor ( 8) kor (26) okor ( 34) qokor ( 36)
ol (537) dol (117) odol ( 2) kol (37) okol ( 82) qokol (104)
y (151) dy (270) ody (46) ky (25) oky (102) qoky (147)
But the most important insight is a pattern that exists throughout the entire manuscript. You can find this pattern on every page, every quire and also within Currier A and B. This pattern is that frequent words occur together with similar ones.
The most simple example is the word chedy. This word only exists once for Currier A but it is also the third most frequent word within the VMS. How is this even possible? This happens since chedy is the most frequent word within Currier B. And guess what the second most frequent word in Currier B is? This is the word Shedy. It should be no surprise that more words similar to chedy and Shedy exists in Currier B:
chedy (501) lchedy (119) olchedy (38) qolchedy (10)
shedy (426) lshedy ( 42) olshedy (23) qolshedy ( 2)
cheedy ( 95) lcheedy ( 9) olcheedy ( 3) qolcheedy ( 2)
sheedy ( 84) lsheedy ( 6) olsheedy ( 1) qolsheedy ( 2)
This pattern also holds for a quire and even for a single page. For instance the most frequent words in quire 1 are beside daiin the words chol, chor and Shol. Another example are the most frequent words on page f1v. This are the words chol, Shol and dol. On page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the most frequent words are chol, Shol, chor, daiin, chear and dain. ... The three most frequent words on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are qokeedy, qokedy and okedy. All three words occur 16 times. The most frequent words on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are qokain and okain, Shey and chedy and also dain and ain.
This pattern also explains the statistics. Similar words occur with similar frequencies since they occur together within the VMS!
The question for the VMS is therefore why did words occur together with similar ones?
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