The following warnings occurred:
Warning [2] Undefined variable $can_link - Line: 6 - File: showthread.php(1658) : eval()'d code PHP 8.5.12 (Linux)
File Line Function
/inc/class_error.php 157 errorHandler->error
/showthread.php(1658) : eval()'d code 6 errorHandler->error_callback
/showthread.php 1658 eval




Are marginalia clues?
#7
(06-07-2026, 01:56 PM)ErinaBee wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
(06-07-2026, 06:12 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As for f116v, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: the original text on that page was all in Voynichese, then a water spill erased everything except the aror Sheey, and the "michiton" text is a pathetic attempt at reconstructing the lost text by someone who did not even know the alphabet. 
Why would he even try to use Latin if the rest of the book is Voynichese?
Because he did not know Voynichese, not even the alphabet.  Not even enough to know that there were no Latin letters in it.

He may have been an owner who acquired the manuscript out of impulse or by inheritance, looked at the figures for a day or two, and never bothered to study the text -- "just some weird writing".

He could be a librarian scrambling to save a pile of books from damage by a storm and a leaking roof.

He could be a friend of the owner, who borrowed the book out of curiosity, promptly spilled his beer over it, wiped it off, and then clumsily tried to undo the damage.

Anyway, he did not know Voynichese, so when he looked at the few bits of writing that had survived his guesses could only be Latin letters.  And since some looked like crosses, he guessed that it must have been a charm...

All the best, --stolfi
[+] 1 user says Thank You to Jorge_Stolfi for this post
Reply


Messages In This Thread
Are marginalia clues? - by ololololo - 05-07-2026, 01:55 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by Jorge_Stolfi - 06-07-2026, 06:12 AM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by ErinaBee - 06-07-2026, 01:56 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by ololololo - 06-07-2026, 02:55 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by Jorge_Stolfi - 06-07-2026, 05:01 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by ololololo - 06-07-2026, 08:33 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by ololololo - 06-07-2026, 03:02 PM
RE: Are marginalia clues? - by Aga Tentakulus - 06-07-2026, 06:28 AM

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)