[Interview] Voynich Ninja interview with Lisa Fagin Davis

[Emma May Smith]

The whole idea of further statistical study based on the "dialects" of each hand is fascinating. It certainly has the potential to deepen our understanding of the text immensely. For example, if the lack of [q] in the Zodiac section can simply be explained by the scribe who wrote it then it rules out certain suggested meanings of that glyph.

A better example: if the break in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is caused by two different hands then the differences in the text there are not based on content. Yet we see that the first five paragraphs have double the number of [qot] than the last eight paragraphs. We see some significant changes in the density of [qot] in the last two paragraphs of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the last paragraph of f116r. Are these down to a changes in hand too? Is this something the scribe controls? There's long been a suspicion about the relationship of [t] and [k] and this could really push the proof forward.