Something strange about Cod. Sang. 1068

[Jorge_Stolfi]

So... Voynich Manuscript author randomly copied gothic scribes? But was also not a scribe? And was able to write like a scribe? But not in straight line?

Most of the writing on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is not original.  It is best explained as the attempt by a much later owner to restore some Voynichese text that was originally on that page but was erased by a big water spill and the subsequent mop-up.  Signs of the damage are hard to see in normal light, as in the Beinecke scans, but the edges of the spill are clearly visible on UV light images. 

The person who tried to repair the damage apparently was not familiar with the Voynichese alphabet, and tried to restore the faint traces that remained as if the text had been in Latin or some Germanic language.  Thus, not surprisingly, while some of the restored letters look like Latin letters, others do not; and while some of the "words" that they form resemble Latin or Germanic words, others do not; and those words together do not make any sense.

The marginal writing at the top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. may also have the same story. It lies inside a water stain that is visible even in the Beinecke scans.

All the best, --stolfi