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MethodsInformation theoryNormalised compression distance clustering of pages
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Normalised compression distance clustering of pages

Information theoryVersion 1.0Licence MIT10 runsUsed on 1 mystery

How it works

Compared with: Latin of the manuscript's genres, slot-grammar text and the manuscript shuffled across pages, all in the same lines.

Code Python

Download module (.py)methods_ind.pyView source

Runs and results 10 runs · 6 shown

RunMysteryMeasuredResultAgainstDate
RUN-205VoynichBifolio z0.36Latin 0.37 · slot -0.67 · shuffled 0.6822 Oct
RUN-204VoynichClusters follow the quires0.371Latin 0.296 · slot 0.292 · shuffled 0.26622 Oct
RUN-203VoynichClusters follow the scribes0.4Latin 0.304 · slot 0.325 · shuffled 0.30222 Oct
RUN-202VoynichClusters follow Currier's languages0.322Latin 0.217 · slot 0.27 · shuffled 0.25222 Oct
RUN-201VoynichClusters follow the sections0.608Latin 0.554 · slot 0.522 · shuffled 0.48522 Oct
RUN-115VoynichBifolio z0.35Latin -0.64 · slot -1.67 · shuffled -0.6322 Oct

Applied to

Voynich Manuscript
3 datasetsExploration split, Latin genre texts, ZL3b transcription
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