In my current view, gallows are roughly equivalent to upper case characters, capitals. They have equivalents in lower case, usually in bench ligatures. I haven't analyzed any benched gallow yet, but I'd think they are not separate sounds, just ligatures.
Basically, Voynichese as I see it has a very limited chatacter set. Most characters have an ornate and a non ornate version.
Why only some glyphs got capital varieties, I don't know. I can't think of any good reason...
This would explain why they don't appear together though.
Basically, Voynichese as I see it has a very limited chatacter set. Most characters have an ornate and a non ornate version.
Why only some glyphs got capital varieties, I don't know. I can't think of any good reason...
This would explain why they don't appear together though.