06-05-2023, 09:20 PM
For those not interested in searching for ciphers I would suggest that looking for manuscripts or other documents with even more similar images to those that we see in the Voynich is worthwhile. Some very good work has been done in this area, but there is still a lot more that could be done. I would still argue that Nick Pelling's strategy of looking for a "block paradigm" is not a bad one. We may not be able to find an exact block paradigm, but I think there is a good chance that a partial block paradigm exists out there. There is so much work that can be done, which I would do if I had the time: becoming an expert on herbal manuscripts of the time, becoming an expert on astrological manuscripts of the time and so on.