Answer · Voynich Manuscript
Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher
The text is Latin or a vernacular enciphered by a table-driven procedure (verbose, homophonic, mixed or nomenclator).
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: six pieces of evidence for, six against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
Evidence 6 for · 6 against
A verbose cipher also weakens word order
FOREstablished · weighs some · F-026
Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-010
Glyph order carries usable structure
FORSupported · weighs little · F-035
Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-114
No repeated four-word phrases
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-016
The hands are interchangeable in variant choice
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-024
Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-027
Endings are more concentrated than Italian's
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-033
Homophonic substitution of five languages fails
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-021
No Tranchedino-type mixed key reproduces the text
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-031
No one-to-one substitution of a known language fits
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-013
Spelling variants depend on the word's place in the line
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-032
The questions it answers
Most likelyA notation or memory system
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher [Answer ANS0D8G04G82R7C]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G04G82R7C
@misc{mysteriesdept_ans0d8g04g82r7c,
title = {Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D8G04G82R7C},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G04G82R7C}
}