Category Archives: Voynich script and language
Voynich: the punctuation problem
One issue which has long interested me concerning the Voynich manuscript (VM), and which has not perhaps been researched as much as it should, is what we can call the punctuation problem. Obviously the script is noteworthy for having no obvious punctuation, which is rare in itself. However, as a linguist what then interests me …
Voynich talk April 2014
유튜브에서 자막 다운로드 I have recently posted a video of my informal talk in April 2014 on the script and language of the Voynich manuscript Download advanced voice recorder. Comments welcome. 제주 명조 다운로드
Nick Pelling – a response
Nick Pelling’s account – a response In a very entertaining and stylish review, Nick Pelling recently devoted space to my Voynich paper, so let me offer a response. I’ll address it to him, as I feel that is more courteous than hiding behind academic third persons! Nick, for the record I love your blog. It’s …
Minims (2) and their importance in the Voynich script
Following my earlier post about minims – which you should read before reading this one – I now want to extend the debate to suggest that this area could have a major impact on our understanding of the Voynich script and signs. Let’s start with a quiz: Look at these five signs and groups and …
Minims in mediaeval orthography (1)
While thinking about the sequences of ‘i’ letters in the Voynich manuscript, I came across this interesting account of minims in Latin script from a Harvard website: Minims Medieval scribes used minims to form letters 깃 허브 다운로드. A single minim looks like this: Several minims can make up a single letter, or even a group …
Voynich: natural language or not? (1)
I’ve had many encouraging comments about my paper on the Voynich script, but also some puzzling ones gnuxe 다운로드. Some people insist that the analysis “couldn’t be possible”, so they don’t bother to consider it, because the script “couldn’t represent a 1:1 mapping” onto real words, or the signs “couldn’t represent a 1:1 mapping” onto …
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