02-02-2025, 06:04 AM
Having them be relevant to understanding Voynichese would certainly be my preferred option. But whatever they are, I am convinced that these would have been classified as pen tests had they been found in any normal manuscript. Especially the ones on the last page. (I know they are not in a normal manuscript).
Some scribes would indeed write the same thing each time they cut their pen (some capital letters in the image I posted above). But the same image also contains other types. Like a quick doodle of a human figure (one is found in two out of three of the relevant VM pages). There's even a sketch of an arch. There's "Ihesus Maria" (not very repetitive). There's a phrase I cannot read top left, and another I cannot read top right (the right one may end in Maria as well?). Maria was very popular in these pen tests, and let that be one of the most obvious words on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as well.
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Some scribes would indeed write the same thing each time they cut their pen (some capital letters in the image I posted above). But the same image also contains other types. Like a quick doodle of a human figure (one is found in two out of three of the relevant VM pages). There's even a sketch of an arch. There's "Ihesus Maria" (not very repetitive). There's a phrase I cannot read top left, and another I cannot read top right (the right one may end in Maria as well?). Maria was very popular in these pen tests, and let that be one of the most obvious words on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as well.
Compare also this example from the same article I linked above: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.