Answer · Voynich Manuscript

A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)

The text is a constructed (philosophical) language with categorical prefixes, in the tradition of Llull's combinatorics, used for a scholastic encyclopaedia.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: seven pieces of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

Evidence 7 for · 3 against

Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages

Established · weighs some · F-027

FOR

Each glyph has a fixed place in the word

Established · weighs some · F-006

FOR

First and last glyphs predict context equally

Speculative · weighs little · F-118

FOR

First glyphs carry information about the section

Supported · weighs little · F-115

FOR

Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page

Established · weighs little · F-114

FOR

Stems fall into ending classes

Supported · weighs little · F-103

FOR

Words spelled alike are used alike

Established · weighs heavily · F-015

FOR

No repeated four-word phrases

Established · weighs some · F-016

AGAINST

Spelling variants depend on the word's place in the line

Established · weighs little · F-032

AGAINST

Word order carries almost no information

Established · weighs some · F-017

AGAINST

Tested by 3 runs

Run	Measured	Result	Against	Decision	Date
RUN-243	MI(first glyph; section) as a share of MI(word; section), half C	0.094	Latin first letter 0.033	Prefix carries more topic than in Latin	22 Oct
RUN-247	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	Prefix predicts context more (category prefixes)	22 Oct
RUN-244	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		See values	22 Oct

The questions it answers

Do earlier readings survive the evidence?

Part of Can any of it be read?

Most likelyA gallows glyph (t/k, Currier P/F) opens each entry as a discourse particle

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). A constructed philosophical language (v0.1) [Answer ANS08JGB6A42K76]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS08JGB6A42K76

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  title     = {A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Answer, catalog key ANS08JGB6A42K76},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS08JGB6A42K76}
}