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On page 116v I would read:


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mi six marix movix vix adia matria orrorr hui valsen ubrey / ´o nim geis mich` !

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six + marix + morix + vix + ahia + ma+ria +
aror sheey valsen ubren   so nim  gas mich [drawing of something roughly round below the baseline with 5 (yes 5) dots leading to it from above]

I don't think that says matria, I think it's a cross like the other crosses that's been inserted within maria (maria was a very common name in incantations, as were the names of angels). The scribe uses old-style t with a rounded stem and not the straight style of "t", so it's not a "t" it's more likely another cross. Look at "portas" and "te" (it's rounded "t" in both of them).

That is not a "y" at the end of "ubren". They didn't write "y" like that (the loop is too pointed and squeezed). It's a very normal final-n (with a tail)—very common shape.


I'm wondering why you doubled the "r" in the Voynichese token. Any particular reason? That's not what the tail usually means.

I'm also wondering why you ignored the long-ess in "so". "so" is a very common word in German manuscripts (along with "also"). Well, I guess you didn't ignore it, but you disconnected the crossbar from the stem. I know the stem is light, but they are connected. It's the same as the ess in "gas" it's just a bit smaller.

I'm not sure why you write "geis" rather than "gas". The scribe does not write "e" or "i" that way. The e is always rounder and wider and the i usually has a long leading serif (not always but most of the time and it is not typically ligatured to other letters—look at anchiton, mar+ria, and six, which all have a good deal of space around the "i").