Expert Opinions on 'daiin'

[Mark Knowles]

But what about ail , aiil?

They could be mapped to some number, but they are very rare.

I question whether rarity is so relevant in this context and in the context of the Voynich text as a whole. This notion that some text or character is "rare" is often used as a gotcha, meaning it is "rare" therefore it can happily be ignored. However, is one then arguing that the writing of such characters was a mistake on behalf of the author(s)? If it is deliberate, as it appears, then one ought to interpret it seriously. I am now coming to the end of a long study of the distinctive and rarer text in the Voynich and I am being cautious about excluding text on the basis that it looks unusual. Of course, the author(s) must have made some writing errors, but I think one must exercise great care in making such an assessment in each and every case.