11-05-2026, 12:30 PM
@ Tavie
Okay, let’s imagine this: two writers with roughly the same dialect, but with slight differences. I’m going to discuss the phonetic language in the original Voynich manuscript, but I want to emphasize that this is only an example; under no circumstances is it exactly as I write it, nor do I assume that the EVA transcription should be used verbatim. Furthermore, I’m certain there’s a cipher over it. But the example explains it quite well. So the following is just an example!
One person pronounces ch and sch at the end of a word as: cho sho, while the other pronounces it as follows: she che. Note that a short sho and she sound very similar to the ear, because the o is pronounced more like an e and the e more like an o. Since writing was phonetic back then, small variations occur. Also, one person may use different words in their writing than the other. One writes “a” more often, the other tends to use the article “the,” etc. Something like this can then, when combined with a cipher, lead to a different “coloring,” which would explain the Currier A/B differences.
The Balneo part is quite different. Until now, it was assumed that this might have to do with the underlying text form. That may well be the case. But if a completely different Bavarian dialect is added to the mix, the changes would be even more pronounced. However, since it would still be based on Bavarian dialects, the basic structure of the VMS would remain the same.
That is the the theorie...
Okay, let’s imagine this: two writers with roughly the same dialect, but with slight differences. I’m going to discuss the phonetic language in the original Voynich manuscript, but I want to emphasize that this is only an example; under no circumstances is it exactly as I write it, nor do I assume that the EVA transcription should be used verbatim. Furthermore, I’m certain there’s a cipher over it. But the example explains it quite well. So the following is just an example!
One person pronounces ch and sch at the end of a word as: cho sho, while the other pronounces it as follows: she che. Note that a short sho and she sound very similar to the ear, because the o is pronounced more like an e and the e more like an o. Since writing was phonetic back then, small variations occur. Also, one person may use different words in their writing than the other. One writes “a” more often, the other tends to use the article “the,” etc. Something like this can then, when combined with a cipher, lead to a different “coloring,” which would explain the Currier A/B differences.
The Balneo part is quite different. Until now, it was assumed that this might have to do with the underlying text form. That may well be the case. But if a completely different Bavarian dialect is added to the mix, the changes would be even more pronounced. However, since it would still be based on Bavarian dialects, the basic structure of the VMS would remain the same.
That is the the theorie...