# First glyphs carry information about the section

> A word's first glyph carries 9 % of the information the whole word carries about its section, three times what a Latin first letter carries (3 %); ol- is…

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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

# First glyphs carry information about the section

A word's first glyph carries 9 % of the information the whole word carries about its section, three times what a Latin first letter carries (3 %); ol- is commonest in the bathing pages (8.6 %) and rarest in the herbal (2.4 %).

SupportedObservationConfirmatory0

## What it bears on 1 answer

[A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB6A42K76/a-constructed-philosophical-language-v0-1)

Still possible · weighs little · H-V01-CONLANG

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## Found by 2 runs

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-243 | MI(first glyph; section) as a share of MI(word; section), half C | 0.094 | Latin first letter 0.033 | Prefix carries more topic than in Latin | 22 Oct |
| RUN-244 | Share of ol-initial words by section (v0.1 M-03 predicted astronomical and balneological highest), half C | B 0.086; C 0.053; H 0.024; P 0.040; S 0.042; T 0.059 | | See values | 22 Oct |

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Mysteries Department. (2026). First glyphs carry information about the section [Evidence EVD0D8GDZ4A6NK3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDZ4A6NK3
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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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