Starred Paragraphs are Pythagorean Sentences, or Maxims
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(24-05-2026, 10:18 PM)SherriMM wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Yes - I put together a quick image example attached. I'm hoping to have time soon to put together a full comparison. It seems most of the lengths of the starred Voynich paragraphs, or sentences, are a little longer - which gives me a lot of ideas about the direction to head in the cipher. In the meantime, all the links are in my blog post for the sources I have if anyone wants to help compare the Greek and Latin with the VM. If anyone has an Italian source for these sentences I would love to see it as well! 
-Sherri  

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Why is the vms example from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. 3rd paragraph down? 

You had also said this:

Quote:Here’s what I suggest:
The Pythagorean Sentences = 123
The Sentences of Clitarchus = 130*
The Golden Sentences of Democrates = 80 (some have 84?)
The Similitudes of Demophilus = 59**
Adding these up we get 392.  Pretty close to our 380 estimate.

Is this the order in which you believe they are laid out?

103r 19 stars
103v 14
104r 13 
104v 13 
105r 10 
105v 10 this is 79 stars to here.
106r 15. The third one has a extra little star attached to it.

If it was the first of the Similitudes of Demophilus, shouldn't it be farther into the pages? Seems funny that it should be at the end of a page when less than 100 stars had gone by. Although, it seems like some of quire 20 could be out of order, do you have a preferred ordering?

I noticed that some have more flourished gallows at the start of the page, there are about 4 of them like that but I think a couple are on the same folio, 105r & v. There is also 106v and 113r, which also happen to be attached. 

Anyway, just curious how your idea works out. I also note that there seems to be correlations with quire 13 insofar as shared words between the two quires that seem less used in other sections.
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RE: Starred Paragraphs are Pythagorean Sentences, or Maxims - by Linda - 25-05-2026, 02:29 AM

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