Answer · Voynich Manuscript
A list-like text: recipes, index, glossary
The plaintext is a list-like text (recipes, an index, a glossary, a star catalogue), whose items carry little word order, so that the manuscript's weak word order is a property of the genre rather than of the encoding.
Where it stands
Ruled outNone pieces of evidence for, one against.
What it predicts
- Latin texts of those genres show word-order gains and held-out bigram gains near the manuscript's at matched length
- and repeat phrases as rarely
Evidence none for · 1 against
Latin list genres (recipes, indexes, glossaries) are more ordered and more formulaic than…
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs heavily · F-029
Tested by 2 runs
| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-037 | order gain (bits/word) of six Latin list-genre texts vs the manuscript at matched length | Apicius 2.32; Cato 1.40; Pliny NH 1 2.54; Isidore 0.63; Isidore 0.78; Hyginus 1.22 | Manuscript at matched lengths: 0.27 · 0.35 · 0.35 · 0.32 · 0.29 · 0.35 · 0.37 | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-040 | order gain (bits/word) of six Latin list-genre texts vs the manuscript at matched length | Apicius 2.32; Cato 1.40; Pliny NH 1 2.54; Isidore 0.63; Isidore 0.78; Hyginus 1.22 | Manuscript at matched lengths: 0.27 · 0.35 · 0.35 · 0.32 · 0.29 · 0.35 · 0.37 | See note | 22 Oct |
The questions it answers
Most likelyNo answer ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). A list-like text: recipes, index, glossary [Answer ANS0D8FZYWJ27TF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8FZYWJ27TF
@misc{mysteriesdept_ans0d8fzywj27tf,
title = {A list-like text: recipes, index, glossary},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D8FZYWJ27TF},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8FZYWJ27TF}
}