[split] Diplomatic ciphers

[Mark Knowles]

The similarities to diplomatic ciphers that look very likely to me are:

1) Repeated words being noise i.e. nulls
2) My own observations of what I believe are examples of the same word being spelled in different, but quite similar ways i.e. some kind of homophonic aspects to the cipher
3) Rare characters make most sense to me as corresponding to specific words or things i.e. repertoire
4) My own personal research pointing in a few different ways to a close connection with the kind of diplomatic ciphers that we see used in Northern Italy in the early 15th century.

So what I have been trying to do is work out a way that a diplomatic cipher can be modified or enhanced to show the kind of features that we see in the Voynich. The extent to which it would need to be modified or enhanced I think is most likely a function of the level of creativity if the author. Given the contents of the Voynich the author must have been a highly creative person, so we may see a significant level of modification or enhancement from that of diplomatic ciphers.

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JKP: If you prefer to use the term glossary or lookup table of words that is all fine with me, but yes that was what I was referring to.