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[Emma May Smith]

I think the core of the mystery over this sequence is summed up in two questions:

1) why is it repeated four times; and,
2) why are there so many (7 out of 17) rare characters?

My guess would be that whatever underlies the characters in this sequence it is not the same as whatever underlies the main text. Thus the need for extra characters. Maybe the characters here are numerals, or maybe they represent a sequence of values, some of which are not found in the text. The sequence is repeated four times in order to form some kind of chart, similar to the astronomical and astrological charts found just a little later in the manuscript.

Ideally, the meaning of a chart should be easier to understand that the meaning of text as we have illustrations and the disposition of characters to guide us. Sadly, none of the other charts have found much of a solution should we should not hold out hope.