Re: VMs: Image Source, Accuracy of Transcriptions

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"GC" glenclaston@xxxxxxxxxxx Wrote


> Jeff,
>
> I find it interesting how you react to each sentence and then post,
without
> reading the original post in its entirety and then formulating a response.
> My teenage daughter used to do this, and when daddy is taken out of
context,
> he can be demonstrated to be quite the fool.  I like that.  Both you and
her
> have a promising career in politics, where spin is everything, and truth
is
> what you make it.
>

FWIW I did read the entire post. I was being provocative. :-)

> In answer to this question
>
> > OK so here is a direct question. Can you read the Voynich Manuscript?
>
> I have at present read full pages, 34 to be exact.  I had a problem for
some
> time in only being able to read initial paragraphs, but with my new
> transcriptional approach and a piece of knowledge only recently gained
from
> statistics, I managed to remove the road blocks that hindered me in the
> past.  You may notice that my transcription focuses on the herbal section,
> primarily the A pages.  I have only recently begun an effort to read A
> pages, and I can say that they are not precisely the same system as used
in
> B pages.  I first read all the pages contained in the same quire as 78r,
> which is one of the reasons I've tried to push for the examination of the
> VMS by bifolios rather than their presented order.  Things change, and it
is
> best to examine elements in their proper order.
>

Well when are you going to finally publish? Or is that not your intention?

> Your next question
>
> > Go on then! Put your money where your mouth is and solve it!
>
> Are you placing a wager?  Up to now I thought the only reward was a pizza.
> If you were to offer a large wager, I might be convinced to allow a third
> party to examine the evidence and pass judgment based on the mathematical
> evidence at hand.  Mind you, I would not allow you or the list access to
the
> information, only the judge, who would be bound by the strictest of
> confidence, and you would have to abide by that person's decision when
> forfeiting your wager.  The list would know only whether you won or lost
> your gambit, and I assure you I will be the more gainful in this pursuit.
> If you're interested in pursuing this, contact me in private and we will
> determine the arrangements suitable to both of us.
>
> What I'd like to see from you Jeff, is some statement of background, and
> some idea on your take of what you see in the VMS.  So far you haven't
> offered enough views and opinions to allow others to comment on your
> efforts.  Some idea of who you are and where you're coming from is
helpful,
> and it doesn't hurt to slow down once in awhile and read an entire post
> before you react.
>

It's not worth a wager for money. All I want is for you to definitively say
whether A) you know the plaintext language of the VMS and B) If you have
determined the Author.

You do not need to give the language or the author. A simple answer will be
enough.

I did read that you believed it was Askham.

> > Get well soon and don't stay away too long. :-)
>
> Thank you, Jeff.  I will attempt to do just that.

Hope you do too.

Jeff (Still as tight lipped as yourself).

>
> GC


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