# Each scribe ran the procedure in his own way

> Most likely: The scribes composed the text by executing a procedure individually, leaving hand-specific traces: each scribe's own bias in choosing…

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# Each scribe ran the procedure in his own way

The scribes composed the text by executing a procedure individually, leaving hand-specific traces: each scribe's own bias in choosing between variant spellings, and his own transition and error profile.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionAbductiveTested0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its test partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- within one section and language
- scribes differ in the share of each variant (ch/sh
- k/t
- o/a
- e/ee
- y/dy
- in/iin
- ain/aiin
- l/r
- d/s
- ol/or) beyond a null that shuffles scribe labels across pages; glyph-bigram and near-twin-substitution profiles differ likewise

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The hands are interchangeable in variant choice](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDPTP36PJ/the-hands-are-interchangeable-in-variant-choice)

Established · weighs some · F-024

FOR

## Tested by 1 run

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-021 | herbal B, scribes 2/3/5: variant-choice G (z vs page-shuffled null); bigram JS z; near-twin substitution JS z | G z=1.2 p=0.087; bigram z=6.88 p=0.0; twin z=1.97 p=0.023 | Null: scribe labels shuffled across pages within section and language (300 draws) | See note | 22 Oct |

## The questions it answers

[What procedure reproduces its statistics?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6T5R6RRQ/what-procedure-reproduces-its-statistics)

Part of [How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page)

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