# The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation),…

> Ruled out: The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation), as the Zodiac-340 cipher was.

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# The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation),…

The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation), as the Zodiac-340 cipher was.

**Ruled out** Answers **1** questionDeductiveTested0

## Where it stands

**Ruled out** None pieces of evidence for, one against.

## What it predicts

- the count of repeated bigrams when the stream is read at period p peaks sharply at the true period
- and the periodic coincidence kappa(p) shows a peak absent from the within-word shuffle

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Word-as-letter, periodic transposition, position-keyed alphabets, single nulls and sorted…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDPB24104/word-as-letter-periodic-transposition-position-keyed)

Established · weighs heavily · F-022

AGAINST

## Tested by 2 runs

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-014 | period-bigram peak (period, count) in text vs within-word shuffle | p=2 189579 (median 189510) | Shuffle p=2 203945 (median 203922) | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-031 | period-bigram peak (period, count) in text vs within-word shuffle | p=2 176496 (median 176178) | Shuffle p=2 176299 (median 176180) | See note | 22 Oct |

## The questions it answers

[Is it a cipher of a known language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language)

Part of [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)

Most likelyNo answer ahead

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