[split] What can the structural peculiarities of the VMS tell us about the nature of the underlying text

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If it were a hoax, why would anyone go to the trouble of arranging it differently in every section? That is completely unnecessary for a hoax.

Getting a particular result does not require intentional, conscious choices rather than emergent properties from a generation process, with some degree of freedom in initial conditions (seeds).

All the observed anomalies may be just side effects of the actual line breaking "algorithm" used by the Scribe, which includes things like abbreviations, stretching and shrinking of spaces, fancification of glyphs, etc. 

Natural languages did not need any algorithm in manuscripts, some did not even use hyphens, even in printed books (incunables) they put hyphens at the end of the line ~50% of the time when they broke a word in two, if they used hyphens at all. The fact that the VMS is different argues against a natural language.

Example: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: no hyphens but syllables were not broken, which requires minimal adjustment if you want perfect alignment on the right, not a requirement in the VMS.