Liaisons in the Voynich text

[JoJo_Jost]

I do think that the VMS is a position-dependent code. Glyphs in different positions within a word have different functions. Sometimes they might form part of a tabular structure, such as the e-runs and ai-runs; at other times, they act as markers, like the glyphs preceding these runs, and so on. The glyphs at the end of a token appear to establish a connection with the glyphs at the start of the next token, and so on.

It would then only be logical that certain sections of a token are clearly assigned, and from a distance this would look as though there were ‘restrictions’, etc.

Example: Let’s assume that the glyph before a run indicates the table row, whilst the run itself, with its various patterns, indicates the table column – then it would be clear that gallows could not follow gallows at that point, because that would mean two row indicators appearing one after the other. That makes no sense.

If you interpret the VMS in this way, a lot of it at least becomes more logical – but of course, nobody knows whether that’s the correct way of looking at it...