04-10-2026, 04:16 AM
All those "o" characters have bothered me for a long time. There are too many words that start with "o". Especially the label words. The Rosettes page is full of them. f68r1 and f68r2 also have a lot of them.
I think this idea has been presented before but I couldn't find the thread. I wonder if "o" is a "dual use" character -- a kind of shorthand. In English we have Xmas for Christmas but also use "x" as a regular letter; Xylophone, Xenon, Maximum, Pixel.
If "o" is dual use, what does it mean? It could be something as simple as "the" or "a"/"an" but I think it is more likely to mean something like "Holy" or "Blessed". In English the "X" is shorthand for the Christian cross. Maybe the "o" is a halo. Of course that only makes sense if you think the Voynich Manuscript is a religious document.
I think this idea has been presented before but I couldn't find the thread. I wonder if "o" is a "dual use" character -- a kind of shorthand. In English we have Xmas for Christmas but also use "x" as a regular letter; Xylophone, Xenon, Maximum, Pixel.
If "o" is dual use, what does it mean? It could be something as simple as "the" or "a"/"an" but I think it is more likely to mean something like "Holy" or "Blessed". In English the "X" is shorthand for the Christian cross. Maybe the "o" is a halo. Of course that only makes sense if you think the Voynich Manuscript is a religious document.