[Movie] Is the Voynich Manuscript an Elaborate Medieval Hoax?

[cvetkakocj@rogers.com]

The movie produced by dr. Justin Sledge is one more example of the possibility that the academics, too, can be mistaken, mainly because the VM language and alphabet are consistently referred to as 'unknown', although the alphabet contained quite a few easy recognizable Latin letters, and Slovenian language was never explored as a candidate, although the origin of the VM would fall in the region of Slovenian speaking territory. It is true that in coded writing, the letters were assigned for different sound, but this was also the case of writing with Latin letters in different European languages. There were also some new letter-shapes invented to suit the vernacular languages. 
If the experts had proven that the VM text was not encrypted, maybe another approach could be more successful, such as manual search in the medieval manuscript to find proper transcription alphabet, and manual transcription of the VM text. Why manual? Because the computer does not know how to read the VM glyphs properly. Words like EVA daiin, chol and chedy  can be transcribed in different ways, assuming that different combinations of minims can generate different Latin letters, and that the letter forms ch, sh, bh, cz, oz are difficult to differentiate, and that letter u (except final) is not even recognized in the EVA alphabet.  Actually, without knowing the VM language, even manual reading is very difficult.
The other linguistic peculiarity Dr. Sledge uses as a proof of hox is the great frequency of similar words and root words that differ for only one glyph. There might be a reason for this. This is one of the characteristics of Slovenian language: Because it is highly inflected, similar suffixes could be found in the same sentence (or on the same page if it is written is similar grammatical style) for the strings of pronouns, adjectives and nouns. PRODAJA TISTEGA STAREGA RJAVEGA KONJA. (He is selling that old brown horse.) 
NA SVEČNICO SVEČENIK SVEČI SVEČE in SVEČANO POSVEČUJE LUDI.  (On the Feasto of Candles priest is blessing candles and gives festive blessing to people.) 
I am sure such examples could also be found in different languages.
The other peculiarity mentioned are the root words that differ for only one glyph. This, too, can be found in Slovenian lanugage: Example: DAN (day, given), DAM  (I give), DAR (gift), DAV (this morning), DAŠ (you give).  DAM (I give), TAM (there), KAM (where), VAM (to you), SAM (I am, alone, by myself)
Similar pattern could be observed with other short root words which could be further combined to form a new expanded meaning. 

Based on a contemporary materialistic way of thinking, Dr. Sledge's concluded that a medieval author would invest at least four months of intensive work to produce a 'nonsense text' and 'ugly illustrations' on cheap velum, so that he could sell his hox for good money. He had no way of knowing how much Emperor Rudolph paid for it. It is not even clear if Rudolph bought it for 600 ducates, or if he just paid that much for it. Maybe he was able to read a book, because if it was written in Slovenian, his predecessor Maximillian would be able to read it. It is documented in Slovenian sources that Thomas Prelogar was hired by Emperor Frederic to teach his son Maximillian how to speak Slovenian, and that Prelogar even wrote Slovenian grammar book and Dictionary in 1470. It is not known what script he used, because his book was lost, but the fact remains that Emperor Maximillian was proud of his ability to speak Slovenian.
Of course, there could be other reasons why Rudolph paid so much money. And there also could be a reason why the Czecks were not able to read it, although Czeck and Slovenian languages are similar.