I found Voynich characters in a 14th century Arabic manuscript
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(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
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RE: I found Voynich characters in a 14th century Arabic manuscript - by Jorge_Stolfi - 11-01-2026, 11:47 AM

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