The 'crib attack' as you say relies on a framework of conditions that must be met in order to be viable. I am sure there's more but here are a few.:
- 'Voynichese' encodes text
- 'Voynichese' encodes text in a way that at least somewhat preserves its original structure
- 'Voynichese' encodes meaningful text in a way that at least somewhat preserves its original structure
- The text is connected to the imagery
- The text is connected to the imagery in a similar way a known or expected plaintext would be.
- The author copied the imagery from a source understanding its original meaning
- The author copied the imagery from a source understanding and preserving its original meaning


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