20-02-2021, 11:00 PM
It's an interesting idea, and I agree something along these lines would explain certain properties of Voynichese.
However, the active glyph set of Voynichese appears to be quite small. Wouldn't abbreviations increase the glyph set, if anything? Of course this problem can be solved in a number of ways (like verbose cipher).
Interpret the glyph set as you will though, positional rigidity remains your enemy. Not just for glyphs that could be abbreviation signs. All glyphs.
In other words, I'm afraid the notebook scenario cannot account for character entropy, at least not without developing a radically different understanding of Voynichese first. But others may correct me on this.
However, the active glyph set of Voynichese appears to be quite small. Wouldn't abbreviations increase the glyph set, if anything? Of course this problem can be solved in a number of ways (like verbose cipher).
Interpret the glyph set as you will though, positional rigidity remains your enemy. Not just for glyphs that could be abbreviation signs. All glyphs.
In other words, I'm afraid the notebook scenario cannot account for character entropy, at least not without developing a radically different understanding of Voynichese first. But others may correct me on this.