15-09-2016, 03:29 PM
Wow, JKP, thank you! That sounds like a massive undertaking, and very impressive! I may have seen one or two things dimly and "through a veil" but you see everything clearly and in daylight 
. I found your post very enlightening, and I see you have answers to many of my questions (ex. how paragraph-initial gallows may work, why and where spaces occur, etc.)
Your quote here:
I agree. I think I have seen this with -dy. If you say that some (but not all) spaces can be contrived, I see how that can be the case also.
Can I ask, when you say "Most unique words break down into two components that can function independently, but some break into three," do you mean the type of thing that I saw in my "Breakdown" thread: independent units like <qo, or, ol>? Or something different?
I find it highly interesting that you can predict where certain vords will be. And the fact that many words on plant pages map only to the starred text may be very significant. You probably know this, but German medieval doctors believed that both plants and starlight affected the human body. Paracelsus believed that light from certain stars brought diseases and poisons, and he told patients to sit under different stars to be cured. However, he also used plants medicinally, and so did many other medieval doctors, so the link between these two sections would definitely make sense.
Yeah - it was clear from your other posts that you had many insights into how the text worked.
Thank you very much for the explanation - I'll definitely be excited to see where you take things from here, and how I might apply your understanding. Lately I've been thinking about putting my Voynich work "in the back seat" and coming back to it later, because it has grown to an obsession and a time-sink, but I think what you're doing is very fascinating and it never once crossed my mind to figure out vords through context like you are doing! Highly exciting!
. I found your post very enlightening, and I see you have answers to many of my questions (ex. how paragraph-initial gallows may work, why and where spaces occur, etc.)Your quote here:
Quote:Vords that behave as suffixes will frequently appear after many of the same units with a space in between. In other words, if you have something like abcdefg and "fg" is a frequent suffix, then it's also common to find abcde fg with a space in between. This suggests that some spaces may be contrived but even if they are, it doesn't mean all units necessarily behave this way.
I agree. I think I have seen this with -dy. If you say that some (but not all) spaces can be contrived, I see how that can be the case also.
Can I ask, when you say "Most unique words break down into two components that can function independently, but some break into three," do you mean the type of thing that I saw in my "Breakdown" thread: independent units like <qo, or, ol>? Or something different?
I find it highly interesting that you can predict where certain vords will be. And the fact that many words on plant pages map only to the starred text may be very significant. You probably know this, but German medieval doctors believed that both plants and starlight affected the human body. Paracelsus believed that light from certain stars brought diseases and poisons, and he told patients to sit under different stars to be cured. However, he also used plants medicinally, and so did many other medieval doctors, so the link between these two sections would definitely make sense.
Quote:Thomas, this is a significantly condensed version because there's no way to explain any of this with so few words and I had hoped to write up the long version , with charts, arrows, balloons, and everything else that's required to explain it properly (along with some of my ideas of what some of the vords mean), but there's a lot of interest in this now so there you go. I can't sit on it forever.
Yeah - it was clear from your other posts that you had many insights into how the text worked.
Thank you very much for the explanation - I'll definitely be excited to see where you take things from here, and how I might apply your understanding. Lately I've been thinking about putting my Voynich work "in the back seat" and coming back to it later, because it has grown to an obsession and a time-sink, but I think what you're doing is very fascinating and it never once crossed my mind to figure out vords through context like you are doing! Highly exciting!