[split] Diplomatic ciphers

[Mark Knowles]

Rene: You are right that in my theory we are dealing with something related to a diplomatic cipher, but used completely out of the context of diplomatic ciphers, not for diplomatic purposes at all. I think the cipher was not intended to be used for diplomatic communication with a distant person, but rather for enciphering a manuscript for the purpose of being read only by the author or possibly just a small group of individuals in the same geographical location. In this scenario there would likely be only one cipher key unlike the normal two we see with diplomatic ciphers. This is technology transferred from one context to a very different context. I don't think the Voynich manuscript serves any diplomatic purpose whatsoever.