[Blog Post] Rightward and Downward in the Voynich Manuscript - Patrick Feaster

[MarcoP]

The word-initial (left) and word-internal (middle) plots look strikingly complementary, which probably supports the idea that line-start words containing [Sh] and [ch] are somehow "equivalent" to mid-line words that start with [Sh] and [ch].  But it also looks as though the first and second words of lines tend to be yellower (indicating a higher [Sh] to [ch] ratio) for longer lines than for shorter ones.

Thanks for the new plots, Patrick! The complementary nature of some of these couples is extremely interesting, in particular because it is often opposite to what happens at word level.
The special preference of 'sh' for the first and second positions can also be seen (though less clearly) in the green plot I posted above. While the first position is notoriously special, it's fascinating that here also the second stands out so clearly.
I wonder if the different behaviours correlated with line-length might be due to Currier A vs B: A paragraphs lines are averagely about 2 words shorter than B lines (maybe because of all the image intrusions in the Herbal). Another possibility could be that they depend on the last line of each paragraph?