[Article] What Will It Take to Solve the Voynich Manuscript?

[-JKP-]

I don't think the VMS tokens follow a "roots, prefixes, and suffixes" structure. Suffixes maybe, in some instances. Prefixes maybe, but I have some reservations about this. Roots? No, not in the usual linguistic sense.

There are many tokens that show no indication of prefixes or suffixes, but I don't think these can be classified as "roots" either (in the linguistic sense).

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I very much agree with this statement, however, "The Voynich is a truly interdisciplinary object." That's one of the best things about the VMS. No matter what your skillset, no matter what your background, there are aspects of it you will have to learn, and since I love learning, this is catnip for me.

Also this:

"But a medieval manuscript is much more than text and illustrations recorded on a two-dimensional surface. As readers of Manuscripts know well, a handwritten book or document is a complex three-dimensional object, comprising multiple components that must all be considered in any analysis. The VMS is written with oak gall ink on parchment. The illustrations were painted with mineral pigments. Like most medieval manuscripts, the Voynich is structured in quires of nested bifolia sewn through a series of small holes in the gutter.13 The spine of the text block.”14 The manuscript bears multiple signs of use: at least one earlier binding; wormholes; water-stains, in particular on the upper outer edge of the book block; and an effaced inscription on f. 1r (legible under ultra-violet light).15 Not only can these features not be ignored, they must be accounted for.
An acceptable proposal must also be consistent with the scientific evidence."