Liaisons in the Voynich text

[nablator]

@nablator: I like the idea of a mode-based cipher. If we applied a kind of Naibbe logic using the gallows, the same words could take on different meanings depending on the active mode (if I understood you correctly?).

Yes. 2 different readings of the same Voynichese according to some simple stateful logic. My initial idea was that "chor chor" for example is not a repetition because the distance between the two "chor" (5) is odd. A double space would make it a repetition. But close to 50% unambiguously large spaces would make the system too obvious, so many of the spaces were filled with gallows that have the additional benefit of re-synchronization: you can start reading unambiguously from any gallows.

There was a thread about a cipher using 6 alphabet selectors inserted into the ciphertext. A multi-alphabetical cipher with gallows as selectors is NOT what I am proposing. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

In the end, however, we have to ask ourselves: could many of these “peculiarities” simply be inaccuracies on the part of the scribes, similar to some variations in individual glyphs? If there were indeed five different hands, that would even seem quite plausible.

More analysis is needed. I have great hope of progress thanks to quimqu.