Back to the Future - page/paragraph initial words

[Grove]

I left the voynich conversation a quarter century ago or thereabouts. So, as if that was yesterday, here I am continuing about where I left off with page (and subsequently paragraph) initial words.

Transcription errors are very likely, but I do think the statistics generally do hold true when you look across the entire manuscript. The words below are among the ‘rare’ words unless you clip off the leading gallows, but I think there’s more to them.

f3v (bold below) is particularly intriguing with the first and third paragraph initial words being eerily similar to the way the second and fourth are structured.

I mixed up how I handled split gallows and word-adjacent words that might be prefixed by the first word. Using period or hyphen to join them. It’s pretty clear with long split gallows across several words. I included them as part of the paragraph or page initial words because I felt they were needed.

The rarity of these words doesn’t look quite as rare when only looking at paragraph initial words.

First 7 quires paragraph initial words:

Quire 1
Fychys ?odar ?ydain Cpho-shaiin 
Kchys  Potoy 
Kydainy Kydain
Kaoiin Kchor
Tsheos Pcheol Tsheoarom Pcheoldom 
Koaiin Tchor
Kodalchy Pydaiin 
Pchaoiin Torchy 
Kshody Tshy 
Kocheor Tchody 
Foar 
Koar 
Pchodaiin Ksholochey 
Polyshy Kchor 
Pshol Tshosp Ctho..cthey 
Cthod.. soocth Pchar
——-
2
Tydlo Pshoain 
Fochar Pchor 
Pchocthy-shar Ycheor
Paiin Qotchy 
Tshol Tchol 
Polchody 
Torshor Shorodo 
Koair Foldaiin 
Pchodaiin Soshy 
Pdychodaiin 
Tshor 
Poror 
Pocheody Tchor Toror 
Pchraiin Pchocthy 
——
3
Fshody Tchom Ksheo 
Pchodol Kchor Sor Qoain Oal 
Pdrairdy Tchor 
Told Tolol 
Pchor 
Pochaiin Tod 
Kdchody Pchocthy Fchodees 
Faiis-ar Tshol 
Pchor Ochofychy Fchokshy 
Toldshy 
Pololshy Pchaiin Kchol Kchol 
Pysaiinor Fshor 
Pydchdom Qolkody Tshol 
Podairol Tshol 
Porory 
Tchodar Tochol Ksho 
——
4
Fcholdy 
Poeeaiin 
Psheoky Fcho 
Pchedar Pchdar Pchedy 
Ksor Kchey
Fochof 
Pchodar 
Kshol Tshoiin Pchol 
Poraiin Kcheol 
Koaiin Kochor Qokaiin
Okchesy Opchol 
Cthscthain oyshy 
Keedey Tshokeody Tolshso 
Podair Pcheeody 
Fchaiin Fcho 
Kcheodaiin Ksho 
——
5
Tshdar 
Tarar Tshdy 
Pcheoepchy Tcheo 
Kschdy Pchedar 
Cthoo-r-choly-cthy Paiin 
Parchor 
Pchafdan Podaiin 
Pcharosy Tchor 
Tocphol Pchotchy Koiin 
Kshody Qotor Todain 
Tolor 
Okchop 
Tedochshd Pchdaiin Pchdar 
Pdair Pardy 
Pchey Ksheo 
Pchedain Teeypchody Toees (and ‘title-word’ Pchedy)
——
6
Pshey.Kedealeey Shedey.polchedy 
Pcheody (keeshdal?)
Stho-ofaiin-cthaihcthy Pcho Pydaiin
Tcho..cto..sheey Posheor 
Tarodaiin Pshesy Pshdar 
Pdsairy Tolkshdy Tarchor 
Tshodpy Toy Pshy 
Tsho Yokalod Tsheody 
Pykydal Kolshol Tshol
Korary Qotol Yksheor 
Pcheocphy Tedy Tshdy Pchdair 
Pody 
Pchair Folr 
Psheot Pchodaiin
Pshdaiin 
Pcheodchy Pchedar 
——
7
Poshol Ksho Podaiin 
Kshor Fchochor Qotcho 
Psheor 
Tchy 
Tsholdchy 
Poshody 
Tdokchcfhy 
Pchor Pcheol 
Kodam
Tshor 
Podaiin Korare 
Pcheodar 
Podaiin Tchedar 
Kcheedchdy Okeed 
Otchal-chchsty Tchoky
Kcheat Kchokchy