# How was the text produced on the page? · Voynich Manuscript

> Most likely the line is a unit of the system, not yet confirmed; 6 answers proposed, 3 ruled out.

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# How was the text produced on the page?

Asked 25 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·6 answers·0·0 following

**Most likely: the line is a unit of the system** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

 

## Answers 6



[**Results hold under every transliteration** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZYMR1X4H/results-hold-under-every-transliteration)

Supported by its tests

Evidence: 1 for

Most likely



[**The line is a unit of the system** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZV7C2NWM/the-line-is-a-unit-of-the-system)

Supported by its tests

Evidence: 1 for

Most likely



[**Common words fall into distributional classes** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZVYT19VY/common-words-fall-into-distributional-classes)

Tested, but the results don't decide it

Evidence: none yet

Disputed



[**Formulaic repeated phrases, as in recipes** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZTZJ7KBP/formulaic-repeated-phrases-as-in-recipes)

Failed its test

Evidence: 1 against

Ruled out



[**Predictive information reaches beyond the word: a model that sees more of the preceding…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZY544WRM/predictive-information-reaches-beyond-the-word-a-model-that)

Failed its test

Evidence: none yet

Ruled out



[**Text written in rings round diagrams, and radial text, is written in the same register as…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZWP849R0/text-written-in-rings-round-diagrams-and-radial-text-is)

Failed its test

Evidence: 1 against

Ruled out

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**How was the text produced on the page?** Key question · you're here

[What procedure reproduces its statistics?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6T5R6RRQ/what-procedure-reproduces-its-statistics)Most likely · each scribe ran the procedure in his own way

[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

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