# Line-end -m barely follows line crowding

> Line-final -m is a little commoner at the end of the fullest third of lines than of the emptiest (33 % against 28 %, z 2.6, 707 line ends, half C), short…

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[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)F-123

Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

# Line-end -m barely follows line crowding

Line-final -m is a little commoner at the end of the fullest third of lines than of the emptiest (33 % against 28 %, z 2.6, 707 line ends, half C), short of the bar registered for copying from an exemplar (z > 3).

SuggestiveObservationConfirmatory0

## What it means

Key question[How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page)

Most likely: the line is a unit of the system

**Most likely** unchanged

Part of it[What did the line and page add?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG78TG4W5X/what-did-the-line-and-page-add)

Most likely: -m is a line-final form of -in / -n

**Most likely** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Copied from an exemplar with different line breaks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8G040M4ZJW/copied-from-an-exemplar-with-different-line-breaks)

Bears onweighs little · 1 for, none against

**Disputed** unchanged

## How it was found 1 run

[Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: -m share among line-final alternants: fullest third of lines minus…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/runs/RUN0DCABKNJ2G53/layout-tests-on-half-c-rule-replication-line-position)

Method [Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXHSC0ATX/layout-tests-on-half-c-rule-replication-line-position) · [Session 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit)

28 Oct

**Result.** Not supported at the registered bar (trend in the predicted direction).

-m share among line-final alternants: fullest third of lines minus emptiest third (half C)**0.332 vs 0.283 (z 2.6, 707 line ends)** Not supported at the registered bar (trend in the predicted direction)

[ZL3b transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZFSR41PZ/zandbergen-landini-transliteration-zl3b-eva-ivtff-2-0-13-may)[Exploration split](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJQG5X29/exploration-confirmation-split-by-bifolium-106-101-pages-sha)[Line-edge rules learned on half E (46 minimal alternations at paragraph start, line start and line end)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJZA6C4T/line-edge-rules-learned-on-half-e-46-minimal-alternations-at)

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Line-end -m barely follows line crowding [Evidence EVD0DCC13JT60FH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCC13JT60FH
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**EVD** 0DCC13JT60FH

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Evidence

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Suggestive

Weighs

Little

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[Session 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit) · 28 Oct 2026

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