21-05-2026, 02:57 PM
Continuing my investigations:
1) r_cho predicts the Currier language with 96% accuracy across all folios with words: in the image below, on the left hand side, you see that the B folios (orange squares) are very well separated from the A folios (blue dots).
2) r_cho is not primitive: it is driven by r_oe: the ratio of o versus e. In the same image, on the right hand side, you see that the clouds are tilted in the same orientation when we use r_oe (unlike r_cho). But r_oe is less good at predicting the Currier language, the clouds "overlap" more.
3) r_chsh is a secondary variable which seems to distinguish a "subdialect" in currier B: specifically in the recipe section, folios containing tailed stars (in red) are separated from folios containing notail stars (in green). The big green diamond is folio 111v, which is a mix of tail stars and notail ones. Of course the number of star folios is very small and imbalanced, so this must be taken with a piece of salt.
In my opinion, this supports the hypothesis that Voynich is generated using per-folio variables. There are at least two independent variables:
1) r_oe, the dominant variable driving the Currier distinction via r_cho
2) r_chsh, a secondary variable driving the star shapes in the recipe section.
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1) r_cho predicts the Currier language with 96% accuracy across all folios with words: in the image below, on the left hand side, you see that the B folios (orange squares) are very well separated from the A folios (blue dots).
2) r_cho is not primitive: it is driven by r_oe: the ratio of o versus e. In the same image, on the right hand side, you see that the clouds are tilted in the same orientation when we use r_oe (unlike r_cho). But r_oe is less good at predicting the Currier language, the clouds "overlap" more.
3) r_chsh is a secondary variable which seems to distinguish a "subdialect" in currier B: specifically in the recipe section, folios containing tailed stars (in red) are separated from folios containing notail stars (in green). The big green diamond is folio 111v, which is a mix of tail stars and notail ones. Of course the number of star folios is very small and imbalanced, so this must be taken with a piece of salt.
In my opinion, this supports the hypothesis that Voynich is generated using per-folio variables. There are at least two independent variables:
1) r_oe, the dominant variable driving the Currier distinction via r_cho
2) r_chsh, a secondary variable driving the star shapes in the recipe section.
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