Lingua Volgare Shorthand

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...We do not use EVA for transcription as we exclusively worked based on the manuscript.

Using a known and available transcription is just a sign of respect to the readers, in my opinion. Like, for example, we have to write on the forum in Latin characters and in English. It does not oblige us to work in English.

A distinctly different transcription from both EVA and V101 is an integral part of our solution. It is of course possible to map them onto each other. However, these transcriptions (despite being a well-established go-to basis for all kinds of analyses on the Voynich) in our humble opinion are the reason why some of the statistics (e.g. entropy) are exhibiting the unusual statistical characteristics. This has nothing to do with disrespect to the readers or the immense work that has been done before on the transcriptions. We simply disagree on the separation of many of the glyphs. Ultimately, basing a solution on the actual manuscript rather than the transcriptions - which are themselves an interpretation step - is maybe more work, but it does avoid some implicit biases.

To illustrate what we mean by that, please take a look at chapter 6 in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. where we use EVA to show the changes in entropy our solution naturally brings with it.