Inhomogeneities

[Torsten]

I would rather focus on shorter patterns, far more numerous.

One pattern for the VMS is that high-frequency tokens also tend to have high numbers of similar vords. This means 'isolated' words (i.e. without any similar ones) usually appear just once in the entire VMS, while the most frequent token <daiin> (836 occurrences) has 36 counterparts with edit distance 1 [see Timm & Schinner p. 6]. With other words instead of tracing a certain glyph sequence you can also trace the most common vord containing these sequence. For instance to distinguish between Currier A and Currier B you can either trace the glyph combination 'ed' or you can trace the vord <chedy> [see Timm & Schinner 2019, p. 6].

For quire 20 see also my You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. about the distribution of vords containing the glyph combinations 'ed', 'ho', and 'in' in the VMS: "For the stars section it is even possible to point to pages dominated by vords containing 'ed' (see f111r) whereas the very next page is dominated by 'in'-vords. Even another page within the very same section contains an unusual high number of vords containing 'ho' (see f113r)."