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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

The line is a unit: gallows open lines, -m closes them

The line is a unit: p/t-initial words at line starts, m-final words at line ends; 84 % of paragraph-first lines begin with a gallows glyph against 9 % of other lines.

EstablishedObservation0

What it bears on 3 answers

FOR
A mnemonic or notational system
Ruled out · weighs some · H-G-MNEMONIC
FOR
The line is a unit of the system
Most likely · weighs heavily · H-STRUCT-LINE
FOR

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The line is a unit: gallows open lines, -m closes them [Evidence EVD0D8GDJXP1XTB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDJXP1XTB
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