Root Typology as a Predictor of Floral and Textual Features in the Voynich Manuscript

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But how is that different from counting the number of flowers, the number of leaves, or the number of stems, and correlating them with the text?

I don't really ur point

Counting flowers or leaves would measure visual quantity, not structural logic.
My dataset isn’t about how many elements appear, but how the root geometry itself repeats and crosses - the “X‑format” is a specific structural motif, not a countable feature.
In other words, I’m not correlating decoration density with text; I’m testing whether a distinct morphological pattern (crossed roots) systematically aligns with textual anomalies.
That’s a completely different level of correlation - it’s about form and function, not number and ornament.
So yes, both approaches involve counting, but mine isolates a structural variable - the presence of a repeated geometric logic - rather than a visual abundance like petals or leaves.


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