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A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
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A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
Raghuveerjoshi1995 > 23-12-2025, 04:37 PM
Hello everyone,
I am sharing a work that does not claim a decipherment, but instead proposes a structural and semantic framework that constrains how the Voynich Manuscript can be meaningfully interpreted.
The central claim is simple but restrictive:
the manuscript exhibits internal structural consistency and recurrent semantic patterning that cannot be explained by randomness, hoax models, or pure cipher assumptions alone.
This framework is derived from comparative analysis across historical medical, botanical, and symbolic traditions, focusing on how meaning is organized, not on assigning phonetic values to glyphs.
Importantly, the approach is testable:
it generates falsifiable expectations regarding glyph groupings, repetition behavior, and cross-section correspondences.
To avoid priority disputes and to allow independent evaluation, the full framework has been archived with a DOI here:
OSF Registration (DOI): 10.17605/OSF.IO/NY34D
I am not asking for acceptance, only for scrutiny.
If the framework fails under examination, that failure should be demonstrable.
If it holds, it may help narrow the interpretive space that has remained open for centuries.
I welcome critical engagement. -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
RobGea > 23-12-2025, 05:01 PM
Hi Raghuveerjoshi1995,
Your doi link contains no files only a summary. Currently you have no data to engage with.
In the meantime , have a look at this thread , i am sure it will be of interest to you.
The Voynich Ninja > Water Cooler > Off-Topic > AI - the real uncomfortable truth
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RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
Koen G > 23-12-2025, 05:05 PM
Is premature DOI another tell? -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
nablator > 23-12-2025, 05:09 PM
(23-12-2025, 04:37 PM)Raghuveerjoshi1995 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hello everyone,
I am sharing a work that does not claim a decipherment, but instead proposes a structural and semantic framework that constrains how the Voynich Manuscript can be meaningfully interpreted.
Hello,
Quote:Abstract
For more than a century, the Voynich Manuscript has been examined under the assumption that it
encodes a linguistic message, whether in a natural language, an artificial language, or a
cryptographic substitution. This study suspends that assumption and evaluates the manuscript
solely on the basis of its internal, reproducible structural properties.
The analysis demonstrates that the Voynich Manuscript does not satisfy the minimal structural
requirements of any linguistic system. Phonetic substitution, semantic drift, lexical irregularity, and
grammatical flexibility are systematically absent. Instead, glyph behavior, repetition architecture,
positional constraints, and strict image–text coupling collectively identify the manuscript as a non-
linguistic, process-encoded system. Within this framework, symbols function as operational
markers defining states, transitions, and procedural boundaries rather than words or phonetic
units.
This paper does not propose a translation, decipherment, or cultural attribution. Its contribution is
classificatory rather than interpretive, correcting a categorical misidentification that has
constrained Voynich research for over a century. The framework presented here is explicitly
falsifiable and intended to define the correct analytical domain for future theoretical and
computational work.
Keywords
Voynich Manuscript; Non-Linguistic Systems; Process Encoding; Structural Classification;
Manuscript Studies; Symbolic Protocols
This short paper, 100% AI-generated, is making unsupported claims (in bold), as usual. What is testable about it? -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
nablator > 23-12-2025, 05:13 PM
(23-12-2025, 05:01 PM)RobGea Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Your doi link contains no files only a summary. Currently you have no data to engage with.
There is a link on the osf.io You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to the PDF hosted on archive.org: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
A new entry in the "process" theory category, "a non-linguistic, process-encoded system" but this one says absolutely nothing about what the meaning of the "operational markers defining states, transitions, and procedural boundaries" could be, so it's not a solution. There are some vague ideas about how the system could work "Meaning arises from structural position and sequence behavior, not from reference or representation." Typical of what an IA produces when it's guessing and doesn't have any specific study with evidence to show. -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
RobGea > 23-12-2025, 05:30 PM
Thanks nablator, i missed that. I also missed another link under the "Associated project" Metadata
Associated project You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
which leads to "The Voynich Manuscript as an Identified Non-Linguistic Process System pdf"
Usually the associated files are in the box below the summary on osf not in the sidepanel --Anyway, that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it
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RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
Raghuveerjoshi1995 > 23-12-2025, 06:44 PM
Thank you for the clarification.
The methods-only PDF is now available directly under OSF Storage → Files in the associated project.
It specifies the concrete, falsifiable tests referenced in the post (section-dependent constraints, image-anchored positional coupling, and substitution variance metrics).
No interpretive claims are made in that document—only corpus-level procedures and failure conditions.
I appreciate you pointing out the visibility issue earlier. -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
rikforto > 23-12-2025, 07:26 PM
(23-12-2025, 04:37 PM)Raghuveerjoshi1995 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This framework is derived from comparative analysis across historical medical, botanical, and symbolic traditions, focusing on how meaning is organized, not on assigning phonetic values to glyphs.
I'm trying to decide if it is worth it to sign up to access the paper. Can you briefly explain what historical botanical traditions your paper cites and how it moves Voynich research forward? -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
tavie > 23-12-2025, 07:41 PM
This is sounding more and more like LLM slop to me. How did you use a chatbot to prepare this work? -
RE: A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework for the Voynich Manuscript (OSF DOI)
Bluetoes101 > Yesterday, 12:20 AM
"A Testable Structural–Semantic Framework" or similar, in my experience so far has been.. about 30 AI and 1 not AI.
"If you make it an ink-blot test then it makes perfect sense!" (+ nonsense steps) is about AI 101 as it gets for a problem it can't find an answer to online.