01-10-2026, 01:15 PM
To chime in here, I agree with previous comments that the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. column of Voynichese glyphs was most likely original to the manuscript, like the column of glyphs seen along the left side of f66r.
Here's my total guess as to what happened. Probably-Marci noticed that there were 23 glyphs in that column—a very alphabet-like number—and then excitedly sought to try mapping those glyphs to letters, first by writing the left column of letters. He then quickly realized that the mapping wouldn't work, so in a last-ditch effort, he adds the right column letters to shift the substitution mapping by 1—only to realize that mapping wouldn't work either.
This is neither here nor there, but I can't help but notice that probably-Marci made no effort on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to test his mappings by writing out plaintext letters above or below the horizontal lines of Voynichese text, the obvious thing to attempt if you're decrypting on the page itself. My guess is, probably-Marci's effort fizzled out almost immediately.
Here's my total guess as to what happened. Probably-Marci noticed that there were 23 glyphs in that column—a very alphabet-like number—and then excitedly sought to try mapping those glyphs to letters, first by writing the left column of letters. He then quickly realized that the mapping wouldn't work, so in a last-ditch effort, he adds the right column letters to shift the substitution mapping by 1—only to realize that mapping wouldn't work either.
This is neither here nor there, but I can't help but notice that probably-Marci made no effort on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to test his mappings by writing out plaintext letters above or below the horizontal lines of Voynichese text, the obvious thing to attempt if you're decrypting on the page itself. My guess is, probably-Marci's effort fizzled out almost immediately.