I asked myself which recurring word groups in the VMS would even be structurally suitable for something like angels/demons (or, more neutrally, voces magicae). Side 151/152 of the Clavicula Salomonis pushed me to try the aiin family — which is admittedly a bold target, because it is one of the strongest families in Voynichese.
The resemblance was purely visual and arbitrary: ain reminded me of the abbreviation for Raysiel, aiin of Simyel, aiiin of Ramchas, and if one wanted a “demon” counterpart then Demoriel could be mapped to daiin. Again: this is not a claim about meaning. It is more a kind of "stress test" of the Textform.
So the question was: what happens to the text shape if I mechanically replace all words of the aiin family with angel/demon names (or “names” in the broad sense, like voces magicae)? Does the text collapse into nonsense? Does it become visually implausible? Or does it remain internally coherent?
I did the replacement mechanically with ChatGPT: I fixed a handful of mappings (ain/aiin/aiiin/daiin), and for all other aiin-family variants I assigned additional names; if the list ran out, new names were invented
. The rest of the EVA transcription was left untouched.
<f25r 1> fcholdy soshy daiin cky shody daiin ocholdy cpholdy sy
<f25r 2> otor chor chsky chotchy shair qod sh[a:o]chy kchy chkain
<f25r 3> qotchy qotshy cheesees sheear s chain daiin chain dan
<f25r 4> dchckhy shocthy ytchey cthor s chan chaiin qotchain
<f25r 5> qotcheaiin dchain cthain daiin daiin cthain qotaiin
<f25r 6> okal chotaiin
<f25r 1> fcholdy soshy Demoriel cky shody Demoriel ocholdy cpholdy sy
<f25r 2> otor chor chsky chotchy shair qod sh[a:o]chy kchy Capiel
<f25r 3> qotchy qotshy cheesees sheear s Cameniel Demoriel Cameniel dan
<f25r 4> dchckhy shocthy ytchey cthor s chan Labaniel Lirichiel
<f25r 5> Emoriel Buniel Zeadiel Demoriel Demoriel Zeadiel Hydriel
<f25r 6> okal Amenadiel
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<f55r 1> podaiin shekchy qofair okar yk [oh:ch]epaiin qokchdy os arod
<f55r 2> okair or aiin chody ykair y qokar okar ol ykar ar al
<f55r 3> ykaiir chol chky okar chky chdy qokar okaiin chckhy s aiin
<f55r 4> daiin or orol char ar kaiin okchd ykar odaiin chdolaiin
<f55r 5> y or aiin okal chol kchoy pchtchdy o[ck:ek]aiin oka[s:r]or olkam
<f55r 7> tchedar che[o:a]l kedy chody kshdy qotchdy qokchdy olkardam
<f55r 8> dchykey char chek xar odas xaloeees cpheody qokeeody
<f55r 9> dain cheky dar chckhy dal qoko lkeedy dar kaiin dy ka[g:m]
<f55r 10> dair okal qokar or [o:a]r@193; o ar odaiin okeey darchd ol
<f55r 11> l[oh:ch]or chey keedy dy qokal oka[m:j] dal shdy otal otaldiin
<f55r 12> oain ckhy dl oiiin daiin okaiin chelal qokaiin okain r
<f55r 1> Emoriel shekchy qofair okar yk Labaniel qokchdy os arod
<f55r 2> okair or Simyel chody ykair y qokar okar ol ykar ar al
<f55r 3> ykaiir chol chky okar chky chdy qokar Hydriel chckhy s Simyel
<f55r 4> Demoriel or orol char ar Capiel okchd ykar Buniel Amadiel
<f55r 5> y or Simyel okal chol kchoy pchtchdy Amenadiel oka[s:r]or olkam
<f55r 7> tchedar che[o:a]l kedy chody kshdy qotchdy qokchdy olkardam
<f55r 8> dchykey char chek xar odas xaloeees cpheody qokeeody
<f55r 9> Cameniel cheky dar chckhy dal qoko lkeedy dar Capiel dy ka[g:m]
<f55r 10> dair okal qokar or [o:a]r@193; o ar Buniel okeey darchd ol
<f55r 11> l[oh:ch]or chey keedy dy qokal oka[m:j] dal shdy otal otaldiin
<f55r 12> Zeadiel ckhy dl Simyel Demoriel Hydriel chelal Icciel Lirichiel r
It is exciting that the text does not break down despite the dominance of the aiin family. One could even imagine it is something like that. It is also interesting that in the two examples here (which were not chosen entirely at random), the last lines actually look like invocations of angels whose names are simply listed one after the other. And this is also the case in incantations or Voce Magicae
The difficult thing would then be to actually decipher such a text, sure. But perhaps this Tests would allow us to recognise more of the actual structure in connection with incantations / charms / voce magicae.
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But what would that mean for the text? Let's assume that the text was ‘encrypted’ so that it would not be obvious that it was about demon conjurations. Because that could have been dangerous even in the early 15th century. Would the plants then be just a cover, so to speak? That would make sense.
But I even have the theory that these plants are, on the one hand, a cover and, on the other hand, an encrypted message about what these incantations are about. Because they represent the disease, so to speak. And then it could even be that parts of different plants are depicted, because that would show the knowledgeable person what disease it is.
The resemblance was purely visual and arbitrary: ain reminded me of the abbreviation for Raysiel, aiin of Simyel, aiiin of Ramchas, and if one wanted a “demon” counterpart then Demoriel could be mapped to daiin. Again: this is not a claim about meaning. It is more a kind of "stress test" of the Textform.
So the question was: what happens to the text shape if I mechanically replace all words of the aiin family with angel/demon names (or “names” in the broad sense, like voces magicae)? Does the text collapse into nonsense? Does it become visually implausible? Or does it remain internally coherent?
I did the replacement mechanically with ChatGPT: I fixed a handful of mappings (ain/aiin/aiiin/daiin), and for all other aiin-family variants I assigned additional names; if the list ran out, new names were invented
. The rest of the EVA transcription was left untouched.<f25r 1> fcholdy soshy daiin cky shody daiin ocholdy cpholdy sy
<f25r 2> otor chor chsky chotchy shair qod sh[a:o]chy kchy chkain
<f25r 3> qotchy qotshy cheesees sheear s chain daiin chain dan
<f25r 4> dchckhy shocthy ytchey cthor s chan chaiin qotchain
<f25r 5> qotcheaiin dchain cthain daiin daiin cthain qotaiin
<f25r 6> okal chotaiin
<f25r 1> fcholdy soshy Demoriel cky shody Demoriel ocholdy cpholdy sy
<f25r 2> otor chor chsky chotchy shair qod sh[a:o]chy kchy Capiel
<f25r 3> qotchy qotshy cheesees sheear s Cameniel Demoriel Cameniel dan
<f25r 4> dchckhy shocthy ytchey cthor s chan Labaniel Lirichiel
<f25r 5> Emoriel Buniel Zeadiel Demoriel Demoriel Zeadiel Hydriel
<f25r 6> okal Amenadiel
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<f55r 1> podaiin shekchy qofair okar yk [oh:ch]epaiin qokchdy os arod
<f55r 2> okair or aiin chody ykair y qokar okar ol ykar ar al
<f55r 3> ykaiir chol chky okar chky chdy qokar okaiin chckhy s aiin
<f55r 4> daiin or orol char ar kaiin okchd ykar odaiin chdolaiin
<f55r 5> y or aiin okal chol kchoy pchtchdy o[ck:ek]aiin oka[s:r]or olkam
<f55r 7> tchedar che[o:a]l kedy chody kshdy qotchdy qokchdy olkardam
<f55r 8> dchykey char chek xar odas xaloeees cpheody qokeeody
<f55r 9> dain cheky dar chckhy dal qoko lkeedy dar kaiin dy ka[g:m]
<f55r 10> dair okal qokar or [o:a]r@193; o ar odaiin okeey darchd ol
<f55r 11> l[oh:ch]or chey keedy dy qokal oka[m:j] dal shdy otal otaldiin
<f55r 12> oain ckhy dl oiiin daiin okaiin chelal qokaiin okain r
<f55r 1> Emoriel shekchy qofair okar yk Labaniel qokchdy os arod
<f55r 2> okair or Simyel chody ykair y qokar okar ol ykar ar al
<f55r 3> ykaiir chol chky okar chky chdy qokar Hydriel chckhy s Simyel
<f55r 4> Demoriel or orol char ar Capiel okchd ykar Buniel Amadiel
<f55r 5> y or Simyel okal chol kchoy pchtchdy Amenadiel oka[s:r]or olkam
<f55r 7> tchedar che[o:a]l kedy chody kshdy qotchdy qokchdy olkardam
<f55r 8> dchykey char chek xar odas xaloeees cpheody qokeeody
<f55r 9> Cameniel cheky dar chckhy dal qoko lkeedy dar Capiel dy ka[g:m]
<f55r 10> dair okal qokar or [o:a]r@193; o ar Buniel okeey darchd ol
<f55r 11> l[oh:ch]or chey keedy dy qokal oka[m:j] dal shdy otal otaldiin
<f55r 12> Zeadiel ckhy dl Simyel Demoriel Hydriel chelal Icciel Lirichiel r
It is exciting that the text does not break down despite the dominance of the aiin family. One could even imagine it is something like that. It is also interesting that in the two examples here (which were not chosen entirely at random), the last lines actually look like invocations of angels whose names are simply listed one after the other. And this is also the case in incantations or Voce Magicae
The difficult thing would then be to actually decipher such a text, sure. But perhaps this Tests would allow us to recognise more of the actual structure in connection with incantations / charms / voce magicae.
------
But what would that mean for the text? Let's assume that the text was ‘encrypted’ so that it would not be obvious that it was about demon conjurations. Because that could have been dangerous even in the early 15th century. Would the plants then be just a cover, so to speak? That would make sense.
But I even have the theory that these plants are, on the one hand, a cover and, on the other hand, an encrypted message about what these incantations are about. Because they represent the disease, so to speak. And then it could even be that parts of different plants are depicted, because that would show the knowledgeable person what disease it is.