11-01-2026, 11:47 AM
(11-01-2026, 10:44 AM)JustAnotherTheory wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As some of you might know, I am a big supporter of the hypothesis that the VM has Arabic/Muslim influences, especially in the balneary section, which I believe to be Arabic Hammams (link to thread: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). ... The Kitab al-Bulan ...
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(Folio 78: several gallows-like characters)
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Indeed, several of the letters of that made-up "Djiin script" resemble VMS characters.
However, the VMS characters are very simple (1 to 3 simple pen strokes), so we can expect many chance resemblances to other alphabets. Like a and o resemble Latin lowercase 'a' and 'o', f resembles 'P', y resembles '9' or the medieval abbreviation of '-us', d looks like '8'...
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- Folio 72: more Voynichese characters
- Folio 255: some kind of translation table
- Folio 365: text with Voynich-like glyphs
I see only ordinary Arabic characters on those pages.
Quote:Additionally, there is a weird ressemblance between the way the stars/dots are placed in folios 339 to 350, which closely ressemble the alignment of stars in the VM folio f68v1.
Sorry, which stars/dots are you referring to? I see only ordinary Arabic writing (with vowel marks) on those pages.
I would say that the demonic alphabet is intruguing and I will look more into that book. But I still don't see any strong connection...
Al the best, --stolfi

