Mark Knowles' theories of pharma and other labels

[Mark Knowles]

I will be quite open and honest in saying that I have thought about ways to reconcile what we observe with Voynichese with the diplomatic ciphers of the period in a way that minimises the conceptual leap from those diplomatic ciphers. I think it is perfectly doable to have a development or modification of the properties of an early 15th diplomatic cipher that fit the apparent significant differences in the appearance of Voynichese.

In addition all alternative hypotheses of the origins of Voynichese I think are more problematic.