Voynich ManuscriptF-010
Evidence · Voynich Manuscript
Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages
Glyph conditional entropy is 2.13 bits (EVA) / 2.26 (glyph units), below every one of 103 languages (min 2.51); single-glyph entropy normal.
What it bears on 6 answers
A natural language in an invented script
AGAINSTStill possible · weighs heavily · H-TH-LANG
A natural language spelled letter by letter
AGAINSTRuled out · weighs some · H-LANG-ANY
Heavily abbreviated Latin or vernacular
FORStill possible · weighs little · H-G-ABBREVIATION
Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher
FORStill possible · weighs little · H-TH-CIPHER
No plaintext: composed freely by hand
FORStill possible · weighs some · H-TH-GLOSSOLALIA
Predictive information reaches beyond the word: a model that sees more of the preceding…
NEUTRALRuled out · weighs little · H-STRUCT-CONTEXT
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages [Evidence EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0d8gdkda0qeb,
title = {Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB}
}