18-04-2021, 06:08 PM
One more thought about lipograms and the Voynich ms text: Given the difficulties of writing lipograms and finding the right words to express oneself without using any words containing the prohibited letter or letters, a person or group of people who were serious about writing this way, for whatever reason -- I have suggested the example of a group of Yorkists communicating in a cipher that excludes "L" and "A" entirely -- might compile word lists of permissible words to aid them in composing their actual lipogrammatic texts.
In this case, certain pages or sections of the ms might simply be more or less random collections of such word lists, for them to use as an aid in composing actual texts in the lipogrammatic cipher. The compilation of such word lists might also serve as a form of handwriting practice for those writing texts in the cipher.
Then other pages or sections of the ms may contain the actual meaningful texts composed in this lipogrammatic cipher.
In this case, certain pages or sections of the ms might simply be more or less random collections of such word lists, for them to use as an aid in composing actual texts in the lipogrammatic cipher. The compilation of such word lists might also serve as a form of handwriting practice for those writing texts in the cipher.
Then other pages or sections of the ms may contain the actual meaningful texts composed in this lipogrammatic cipher.