[Talk] Voynich Talk Episode 1, part 1: A plant is not B plant
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We checked around one hundred different features, but different types of inflorescence on one plant is one we missed. Possibly because it's so rare. When something has only three occurrences, you can't say much about its distribution, especially if they fall into the more numerous A-section. 

In this case, the distribution is 2 A vs. 1 B. Now to compensate for B's smaller amount of folios, you can roughly "normalize" the count by multiplying it by 3. So in this case, the numbers would be two occurrences in A, three occurrences in B (if it has as many folios as A). In other words, an even distribution.

Rare features can be more interesting if they occur more often in B. For example, the "screen" type inflorescence like the one on top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. appears to lean towards B. It occurs in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (A) but also in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and f 41v (B). If you then normalize B, you get 1A vs. 8B. Still, with only 4 occurrences and one in A, we did not find this convincing enough to include.

Edit: actually the "screen" of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is questionable, so this would leave only three attestations, all in B. This is probably relevant, but 3 (in absolute numbers) is not much to work with.


Zoomorphic roots are also interesting if you normalize for B: we got 4A vs. 6B. If B would have as many folios as A and keep up the same trend, that would actually be 4A vs. 17B. However, we only included features with fewer exceptions.
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RE: Voynich Talk Episode 1, part 1: A plant is not B plant - by Koen G - 18-04-2024, 08:16 AM

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