14-08-2020, 02:26 PM
The #1 problem, in my opinion, is that there is no generally accepted way of working on the Voynich without an overriding theory sat on your shoulder.
Whether you think it is a cipher / obscure language / distorted language / private language / hoax / shorthand / steganographic experiment / whatever, please try to find ways of putting that aside - not only is it not helping, it is becoming more and more of a problem the more time goes by.
There are so many basic questions about curious behaviour that are unanswered (I listed a few here a couple of days ago) that it is almost pointless to try to build up a complete answer that bypasses the basic stuff.
Whether you think it is a cipher / obscure language / distorted language / private language / hoax / shorthand / steganographic experiment / whatever, please try to find ways of putting that aside - not only is it not helping, it is becoming more and more of a problem the more time goes by.
There are so many basic questions about curious behaviour that are unanswered (I listed a few here a couple of days ago) that it is almost pointless to try to build up a complete answer that bypasses the basic stuff.