# Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher

> Still possible: The text is Latin or a vernacular enciphered by a table-driven procedure (verbose, homophonic, mixed or nomenclator).

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# 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).

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionLiteratureScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQAA46GK/a-verbose-cipher-also-weakens-word-order)

Established · weighs some · F-026

FOR

[Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB/glyph-entropy-is-lower-than-in-any-of-103-languages)

Established · weighs little · F-010

FOR

[Glyph order carries usable structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDSGM4QGA/glyph-order-carries-usable-structure)

Supported · weighs little · F-035

FOR

[Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDYWG2XHY/herbal-pages-open-with-a-word-found-on-no-other-page)

Established · weighs little · F-114

FOR

[No repeated four-word phrases](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMW61R3Z/no-repeated-four-word-phrases)

Established · weighs little · F-016

FOR

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

Established · weighs little · F-024

FOR

[Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQJ46FS3/adjacent-pages-share-vocabulary-as-in-languages)

Established · weighs some · F-027

AGAINST

[Endings are more concentrated than Italian's](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDS106H27/endings-are-more-concentrated-than-italians)

Established · weighs some · F-033

AGAINST

[Homophonic substitution of five languages fails](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDP383XD5/homophonic-substitution-of-five-languages-fails)

Established · weighs some · F-021

AGAINST

[No Tranchedino-type mixed key reproduces the text](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDRHC77HS/no-tranchedino-type-mixed-key-reproduces-the-text)

Established · weighs some · F-031

AGAINST

[No one-to-one substitution of a known language fits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDM4R4AB8/no-one-to-one-substitution-of-a-known-language-fits)

Established · weighs some · F-013

AGAINST

[Spelling variants depend on the word's place in the line](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDRS602CG/spelling-variants-depend-on-the-words-place-in-the-line)

Established · weighs some · F-032

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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

Most likelyA notation or memory system

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher [Answer ANS0D8G04G82R7C]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G04G82R7C
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Key

**ANS** 0D8G04G82R7C

Kind

Answer · hypothesis

Origin

Literature

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[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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