A Testable Hypothesis: Base-60 Structure in the Voynich Manuscript (Request for Criti

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Thanks for the fast and sharp feedback.
1. Regarding the Zodiac / MUL.APIN correspondence:
You asked for the specific list. My hypothesis links the Voynich illustrations (which are standard western iconography) to the underlying Babylonian star names potentially encoded in the text structure.
Here is the mapping derived from the analysis of Folios 70v–73v, compared to the MUL.APIN catalogue (Hunger & Pingree):
Folio
Western Sign (Image)
Proposed Sumerian/Babylonian Correlate
Meaningf70v2
Pisces
SIM.MAḪ
The Great Swallow

Maybe I misunderstood something, the first post said "The 12 zodiac signs in Folio F72 match the standard Babylonian names". So, if the Babylonian name for f70v2 is "SIM.MAḪ" what exactly does it match with in the manuscript and how?

2. Regarding the Precession Argument:
You make a very valid logical point: "Any number would give a date." If I had found 15°, I would have calculated 945 AD.
However, the value 31 (or 32) is not just "any number".

• Astronomical Logic: 31° is 1° Taurus (since Aries = 0-30°).
  
• Historical Context: In Babylonian astronomy (MUL.APIN), the Pleiades (MUL.MUL) are the definition of the start of the Taurus sign. They are a fiducial point.
  
• The Coincidence: It is statistically significant that the decoded value places this specific star cluster exactly at the cusp (beginning) of its traditional zodiacal sign for that specific era (~0 CE).
  

If the decoded value had been 15 (15° Aries) or 48 (18° Taurus), it would be a random coordinate with no astronomical significance. Finding them at the Sign Boundary (The "Gate" of Taurus) suggests the data preserves a coordinate system from the era when the Pleiades marked that boundary.
Does that distinction make sense to you? I am looking for exactly this kind of stress-testing.

I think for this to be evidence, it should be established independently of this that ok- means 31º and is associated with Pleiades in the MS.

What is the meaning of "The prefix ok- (Value 31) is consistently associated with "Principal Star" or Pleiades groups" then? Where does this association happen in the manuscript and how?
How was the value of prefix ok- established to be 31º?