29-06-2026, 12:38 PM
Can the "names of plants" give hints in the context of a numeric cipher?
Actually, not as much as we would like. Apart from additional information about the weights of the symbols, they do not give us anything. However, I can say that they generally follow the same rules as all other words and the text as a whole.
1). Most likely, the gallows in them are not a marker of the alphabet, table or something like that, but are a full-fledged part of the word. Perhaps this is some kind of root or part of a word found in many plant names.
By the way, in some cases, you may see a case where the letters are not placed in the expected order. Example: okeodof, where the gallows f stands at the end. I assume that here we see a "hint" from the author so that the decryptor can see where the letter f should be in the original word.
2). The names of plants, apparently, are also sometimes dissected. The first word may be followed by a series of hapaks, in some cases interrupted by a single common word like daiin.
Notable examples of dismemberment: pchor oeeockhy ofychey (f21r). pchor occurs 12 times throughout the manuscript. The word oeeockhy is suspicious...
At a minimum, it looks unusual compared to all the other words in the manuscript. Perhaps the symbols here are also "out of order";
And tshodpy oracphy koees ypsholy shy otoloaiin (f44r). There are a lot of non-standard words.
In general, at the text level, it is quite common to find alleged anagrams and "dissected" words.
Actually, not as much as we would like. Apart from additional information about the weights of the symbols, they do not give us anything. However, I can say that they generally follow the same rules as all other words and the text as a whole.
1). Most likely, the gallows in them are not a marker of the alphabet, table or something like that, but are a full-fledged part of the word. Perhaps this is some kind of root or part of a word found in many plant names.
By the way, in some cases, you may see a case where the letters are not placed in the expected order. Example: okeodof, where the gallows f stands at the end. I assume that here we see a "hint" from the author so that the decryptor can see where the letter f should be in the original word.
2). The names of plants, apparently, are also sometimes dissected. The first word may be followed by a series of hapaks, in some cases interrupted by a single common word like daiin.
Notable examples of dismemberment: pchor oeeockhy ofychey (f21r). pchor occurs 12 times throughout the manuscript. The word oeeockhy is suspicious...
At a minimum, it looks unusual compared to all the other words in the manuscript. Perhaps the symbols here are also "out of order";
And tshodpy oracphy koees ypsholy shy otoloaiin (f44r). There are a lot of non-standard words.
In general, at the text level, it is quite common to find alleged anagrams and "dissected" words.