# Confirmation tests of S-006 candidates on the held-back half

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Method · exploratory/confirmatory split

# Confirmation tests of S-006 candidates on the held-back half

**Exploratory/confirmatory split** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT9** runsUsed on **1** mystery

## Questions it answers

- [Do earlier readings survive the evidence?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGGDSG1RR0/do-earlier-readings-survive-the-evidence)
- [How do text and pictures relate?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGBVA05HF4/how-do-text-and-pictures-relate)
- [How many scribes wrote it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFZ1503NFG/how-many-scribes-wrote-it)
- [Is it a constructed or notational language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG3KMG29DW/is-it-a-constructed-or-notational-language)
- [Is it a list, index or shorthand?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG42980WJ9/is-it-a-list-index-or-shorthand)
- [What did the line and page add?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG78TG4W5X/what-did-the-line-and-page-add)

## Code Python

[Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/c7f8b4469597b500e20a18320e36afc2ea363c810237f7edfe11a32d2766ab62.py)`t_generated_s006.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/c7f8b4469597b500e20a18320e36afc2ea363c810237f7edfe11a32d2766ab62.py)

## Runs and results 9 runs · 6 shown

| Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-247 | Voynich | Mean context similarity of word pairs sharing only their first glyph vs only their last (half C) | prefix 0.205 vs ending 0.197 (4252 / 11629 pairs) | Latin first letter 0.118 vs last 0.126 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-246 | Voynich | Repeat rate of whole-line class templates / line-initial class pairs vs words shuffled within page (half C; classes learned on half E) | lines 0.008 vs 0.007 (z 0.6); heads 0.917 vs 0.908 (z 9.0) | Latin: lines z 2.2 · heads z 2.5 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-245 | Voynich | Share of 1-2 glyph words by section, half C (recipe reading predicts recipes > herbal) | B 0.104; C 0.132; H 0.134; P 0.108; S 0.093; T 0.110 | | 22 Oct |
| RUN-244 | Voynich | Share of ol-initial words by section (v0.1 M-03 predicted astronomical and balneological highest), half C | B 0.086; C 0.053; H 0.024; P 0.040; S 0.042; T 0.059 | | 22 Oct |
| RUN-243 | Voynich | MI(first glyph; section) as a share of MI(word; section), half C | 0.094 | Latin first letter 0.033 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-242 | Voynich | Herbal pages (half C): first word unique to its page vs rest of first line | 0.71 vs 0.31 (n 62) | Latin same layout 0.18 vs 0.24 | 22 Oct |

## Applied to

![Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/78r)

**[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)2 datasets** Exploration split, ZL3b transcription

[Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/c7f8b4469597b500e20a18320e36afc2ea363c810237f7edfe11a32d2766ab62.py)

Category

Exploratory/confirmatory split

Version

1.0 · 25 Oct 2026

Licence

MIT

Language

Python

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Authors

**[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)** Wrote version 1.0