# Copied from an exemplar with different line breaks

> Still possible: The text we have was copied from an exemplar with different line breaks by scribes who adjusted word forms at the new line ends.

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Answer · Voynich Manuscript

# Copied from an exemplar with different line breaks

The text we have was copied from an exemplar with different line breaks by scribes who adjusted word forms at the new line ends.

**Still possible** Answers **2** questionsAbductiveScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Line-end forms are the same words as inside forms (T24 pattern), and line-end adjustments are commoner where lines are crowded (longer lines).

## What would rule it out

- Line-end variants unrelated to line fullness and not alternants of inside forms.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[-m is a line-final form of -in / -n](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDY520WNV/m-is-a-line-final-form-of-in-n)

Established · weighs little · F-111

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## The questions it answers

[Why do spellings change at the end of a line?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST0D8K275R7MNB/why-do-spellings-change-at-the-end-of-a-line)

Part of [What did the line and page add?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG78TG4W5X/what-did-the-line-and-page-add)

Most likely-m is a line-final form of -in / -n

[What did the line and page add?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG78TG4W5X/what-did-the-line-and-page-add)

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)

Most likely-m is a line-final form of -in / -n

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Copied from an exemplar with different line breaks [Answer ANS0D8G040M4ZJW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G040M4ZJW
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Key

**ANS** 0D8G040M4ZJW

Kind

Answer · hypothesis

Origin

Abductive, from the diff method

Checks

3 of 3 passed

Proposed

[Session 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) · 22 Oct 2026

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