14-11-2025, 11:20 PM
It might be a stupid question, but does the text in circles (I.e. astronomical and rose sections) behave like the rest of the text or more like labelese, LAAFU and other properties included? I have a strong feeling (not really substantiated by any fact) that IF voynichese is the result of some sort of 15th century cipher, then labelese is enciphered differently from the main text. I was curious to see whether the strings of text in the circles followed labelese or voynichese rules.
I also wonder, if it is a cipher, and this cipher follows some sort of vertical AND horizontal patterning that varies at the page level, how did the reader decipher it? Is there usually some sort of tell indicating "use encryption table A" for example? Could something of the sort be happening in the VM?
I also wonder, if it is a cipher, and this cipher follows some sort of vertical AND horizontal patterning that varies at the page level, how did the reader decipher it? Is there usually some sort of tell indicating "use encryption table A" for example? Could something of the sort be happening in the VM?
