18-04-2021, 12:42 AM
The status of the Voynich EVA character : Middle English letter correspondence table needs to be updated now to reflect the different confidence levels of certain groups of correspondences. I am most confident in those correspondences which fit well with numerous Middle English function words, and which are confirmed with such fitting readings as EVA [aror sheey] = Middle English "irour thee~" meaning "wrath for thee" on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and EVA [otol] = Middle English "fous" meaning "ardent (shining, glowing, burning), zealous, passionate; brave, noble; dying; ready to depart, die" and "eager, willing, ready; striving forward".
Thus this is the group of the most confident correspondences:
EVA [o] = Middle English "ou" / "u"
EVA [e] = Middle English "e"
EVA [r] = Middle English "r"
EVA [a] = Middle English "i"
some EVA [sh] = Middle English "th"
EVA [d] = Middle English "long s"
EVA [l] = Middle English "short s"
EVA [ch] = Middle English "y"
confident:
EVA [aiin] / [ain] = Middle English "o"
EVA [ot] = Middle English "f" (on the basis of the perfect semantic fit of [otol] = "fous")
critical:
EVA [qok] = Middle English "n" ?
less confident:
EVA [t] = Middle English "p" ?
EVA [k] = Middle English "t" ?
EVA [ok] = Middle English "d" ?
EVA [qot] = Middle English "m" ?
other EVA [sh] = ?
EVA [s] = ?
EVA [cth] = ?
EVA [ckh] = ?
EVA [y] = null / silent "e" / other ?
EVA [m] = ?
EVA [g] = ?
It is important to keep in mind the different confidence levels of the various groups of correspondences when considering, for example, various possible hypotheses about the Voynich ms as a lipogrammatic text in which certain letters may be absent from the ms and from the writing system entirely, and other letters may be present in the ms and in the writing system, but may be intentionally absent on certain pages. See the discussion between myself and nablator in the "Lipogrammatic text" thread.
Geoffrey
Thus this is the group of the most confident correspondences:
EVA [o] = Middle English "ou" / "u"
EVA [e] = Middle English "e"
EVA [r] = Middle English "r"
EVA [a] = Middle English "i"
some EVA [sh] = Middle English "th"
EVA [d] = Middle English "long s"
EVA [l] = Middle English "short s"
EVA [ch] = Middle English "y"
confident:
EVA [aiin] / [ain] = Middle English "o"
EVA [ot] = Middle English "f" (on the basis of the perfect semantic fit of [otol] = "fous")
critical:
EVA [qok] = Middle English "n" ?
less confident:
EVA [t] = Middle English "p" ?
EVA [k] = Middle English "t" ?
EVA [ok] = Middle English "d" ?
EVA [qot] = Middle English "m" ?
other EVA [sh] = ?
EVA [s] = ?
EVA [cth] = ?
EVA [ckh] = ?
EVA [y] = null / silent "e" / other ?
EVA [m] = ?
EVA [g] = ?
It is important to keep in mind the different confidence levels of the various groups of correspondences when considering, for example, various possible hypotheses about the Voynich ms as a lipogrammatic text in which certain letters may be absent from the ms and from the writing system entirely, and other letters may be present in the ms and in the writing system, but may be intentionally absent on certain pages. See the discussion between myself and nablator in the "Lipogrammatic text" thread.
Geoffrey