bi3mw > 13-03-2020, 03:07 PM
(12-03-2020, 09:14 PM)Emma May Smith Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.On the original topic of this thread, I can only pose this rhetorical question: is the Voynich text compatible with a medieval cipher?This is a good (rhetorical) question. As far as I know, before Alberti there were only rudimentary approaches ( simple substitution ) and even an Alberti-like code would probably have been decoded already. So one can only assume that, if there is an encryption, it is based on a completely unknown, unique system. This would not surprise me. So the question is what non-anachronistic method(s) would be possible.
Aga Tentakulus > 13-03-2020, 03:41 PM
Torsten > 13-03-2020, 11:54 PM
Aga Tentakulus > 14-03-2020, 10:02 AM
Koen G > 14-03-2020, 10:10 AM
Mark Knowles > 23-03-2020, 03:11 PM
(14-03-2020, 10:10 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As I see it, there's a level playing field.
Yes, unaltered language is statistically improbable.
But complex ciphers and algorithmic nonsense generation are anachronistic, even at more modest scales. As far as we know, it just didn't happen.
So far, we know of no linguistic text which behaves like the VM. But I don't see why any alternative with just as little parallels in reality should be preferred.
Mark Knowles > 23-03-2020, 03:15 PM
Alin_J > 11-04-2020, 10:18 AM
(11-03-2020, 12:44 PM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.However, if one just made the though experiment that e , ee , eee are equivalent, then the number or repeated sequences will increase.
elieD > 13-04-2020, 03:57 PM