19-06-2019, 06:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-06-2019, 11:41 AM by Monica Yokubinas.)
(03-06-2019, 06:24 PM)Emma May Smith wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.New article in Cryptologia:
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Abstract:
Quote:The text of the Voynich manuscript exhibits relationships between neighboring words that have not formally been explored. The last and first glyphs of adjacent words show some dependency, and certain glyph combinations are more or less likely to occur. The patterns of preferences for glyph combinations demonstrate the existence of higher-level glyph groups. The behavior of the glyph combinations may arise due to changes in a glyph caused by its neighbor.
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Something you might want to think about in your paper is the fact that the glyph for the Yod symbol (granted this is my translation usage with the Hebrew language, but it does bear some merit) is used multiple times in combination glyphs so therefore it should be counted and doubled, when utilized as a double Yod. This would give a total of 9145, based on your research numbers, and falls right in line with an 11.06% frequency rate in the Hebrew Semitic language.
Some examples:
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Of the few others I looked at for similarities with other Hebrew letter frequencies, based on your research numbers, are O glyph in Voynich and the letter Alef in Hebrew. With a combined total of 4714 falls close to the 6.34% frequency.
The Voynich 8 glyph with the Hebrew Resh has a total of 2884 plus those not counted as they were in Yod Resh Yod combinations is 33 and the single hard R glyphs of 141, which equals 3058 and falls close to the 5.61% frequency.
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