Unless I have made errors in the table construction
this is what the start of the first line should be.
'Poi che la Eccellenzia Vostra seguendo'. Unless the
language was known in advance the word splitting would be a tricky part
of the decipherment.
I may have made a mistake in the table as you were
correct up to the start of vostra. If I have then I apologise.
And to answer your question, yes the word boundaries
in the voynichese do not line up with word boundaries in the plain text.
However, in the VMS I am finding that a lot of the time two words seem to
be packed into one VMS word. Whether I am right about the decipherment language
or not I am finding a tight pattern structure that persists throughout the
VMS text. I will be looking into the patterns that Robert Teague has sent
me to see if this helps explain the findings. I feel that the answer is
very close now and if I can map these patterns into a table structure consistently
the answer might just pop up.
Jeff
BTW For anyone that might be confused over the data
below the plain text triplets overlap and once the first plaintext triplet
has been selected its last two letter should overlap the first twqo letters
of the next. So in the words poi che as above, the oi of poi will overlap
with oic, oic with ich etc.
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03 January 2004 10:41
Subject:
Re: VMs: Italian enciphered in Voynichese (yes you read it right)
--poichelaeccellenziavost (?)turas(e)guendoi(n)ciolo(r)me...
is it correct? Word bounds should be ignored?
Jeff wrote:
In the attached file there are three line of enciphered Italian in
Voynichese. Yes its true!
I would like someone to try to use the table to decipher it. I will post the
answer once an attempt has been made. You should get some idea of what I am
getting from the manuscript using this method. And no, the plaintext isn't
deciphered from the VMS.
Jeff
Cipher text
polol.pchy.chadaiin.chkchoy.yky.sh.pcheek.shodod.qot.dy.tar
daiim.y.ykeey.oykcho.qot.pcheol.okody.poiis.y.yky.g.yky.tsheo.ykal
dak.sho.daky.chpady.darom.kor.ydy.ot.chok.oly.d.ykal.or.pchol
Decryption table
Left column has plaintext triplets followed by
occurance count and ciphertext triplet.
To decode lookup the cipher text triplet in the
right columns and substitute the plaintext triplet.
The method is self checking.
ell - 5 aii
edi - 4 dyo
ion - 4 hok
zio - 4 cho
avo - 3 cho
che - 3 pch
del - 3 dai chy
ede - 3 dyk dyt yai
ent - 3 aky
esa - 3 kal
ess - 3 ors ory
imi - 3
inc - 3 sho
ita - 3 dak kal
lle - 3 iin
non - 3 eky rom
nte - 3 kyp
one - 3 oky
ori - 3 oko
que - 3
ame - 2
ani - 2 heo
are - 2 pch
art - 2
ase - 2 ysh
asp - 2
ata - 2 kyc
cit - 2 oda
des - 2 yka
dis - 2 mos
eco - 2
eed - 2 ydy
eel - 2 oai
ela - 2 hyy hyc
ema - 2 yky nsh
end - 2 hee
eno - 2 hek
era - 2 dyp
ere - 2 oky
gli - 2 ard
gni - 2
ich - 2 lpc
ide - 2
idi - 2
ier - 2
ile - 2 oin orc
isu - 2
izi - 2
lem - 2 gyk ins
lor - 2 gqo
med - 2
men - 2
nci - 2 hod
ndo - 2 eek
ogn - 2
oin - 2 ksh
ope - 2 oso
pen - 2 soc
poi - 2 lol
pro - 2 otp
ras - 2 kys
ree - 2 lyd
reo - 2 cho
ris - 2 kee
rte - 2
sad - 2 ydy
seg - 2 shp
sen - 2 she
spe - 2
sse - 2 rsh
str - 2 yyk
tat - 2 aky
ted - 2 ydy
vor - 2 hok
zia - 2 hkc
ada - 1
adi - 1 dyo
aec - 1 cha
aes - 1 chp
afa - 1
agl - 1
agn - 1 yts
ain - 1 ksh
ala - 1 poi
ale - 1 ygy
alm - 1
alt - 1 lor
ana - 1 iis
ann - 1
ano - 1 aro
apr - 1
aqu - 1
ara - 1 lky
asi - 1
asu - 1 lda
ate - 1 kyd
ati - 1
atu - 1 syy
azi - 1
bel - 1 rai
cap - 1
cce - 1 ada
cel - 1 dai
ces - 1 kor
cid - 1
cio - 1 odo
cli - 1
cog - 1
con - 1
cri - 1
dal - 1 ypo
dam - 1
deg - 1 yta
dif - 1 yot
dil - 1 yor
dip - 1
dit - 1
div - 1 yol
diz - 1
dog - 1
doi - 1 eks
dov - 1 hor
eag - 1
ebe - 1 nra
ecc - 1 had
eda - 1 dyp
eer - 1 ndy
ees - 1 har
efi - 1
egl - 1 kar
egn - 1
egu - 1 hpc
eil - 1
eld - 1 aim
ele - 1
elh - 1
elo - 1 ygq
eni - 1 heo
ens - 1
enz - 1 nch
eog - 1 hol
eop - 1 hos
epr - 1
eri - 1
erl - 1
esp - 1 hpa
est - 1
eth - 1
ett - 1 chl
evi - 1
ezi - 1
ezz - 1
fat - 1
fav - 1 tch
fic - 1
gen - 1 che
gia - 1
gna - 1 tsh
gno - 1
gra - 1
gue - 1 pch
han - 1
has - 1
hee - 1 cha
hel - 1 chy
hen - 1 che
ial - 1
iar - 1
ias - 1
iav - 1 kch
ica - 1
ici - 1
ied - 1 ody
iet - 1
ifa - 1 otc
iil - 1
ila - 1
ill - 1
ina - 1
int - 1 dyd
iol - 1 dod
ipo - 1
ipr - 1 qot
iqu - 1
ire - 1 oly
irt - 1 dyd
isc - 1
ise - 1
iso - 1
iss - 1 eey
ite - 1
ito - 1 olo
itr - 1
itu - 1
ive - 1
ivi - 1 old
lae - 1 ych
lan - 1 oii
lar - 1
las - 1
lav - 1
ldi - 1 imo
leb - 1 inr
lec - 1
lee - 1 ind
len - 1 inc
les - 1 oka
let - 1 rch
lev - 1
lha - 1
lia - 1
lic - 1 ilp
lii - 1 rda
lin - 1
lla - 1 iir
lli - 1 iil
llu - 1 iim
lme - 1
lta - 1 orp
lus - 1 imy
mag - 1 kyt
man - 1 she
mie - 1
mis - 1 ykc
mit - 1
nan - 1 she
nat - 1 isy
naz - 1
nce - 1 mko
ncl - 1
ndi - 1
nea - 1
ned - 1 kya
nee - 1 kyd
ngr - 1
nid - 1
nie - 1
nim - 1
nis - 1
nit - 1 eol
niz - 1
nle - 1 yok
nno - 1
noi - 1
nop - 1
nqu - 1
nso - 1 cho
nta - 1 yda
nzi - 1 chk
och - 1
ode - 1 gda
oge - 1 pch
ogi - 1
oic - 1 olp
oid - 1
oip - 1 oqo
olo - 1 odq
onc - 1 omk
ond - 1
ong - 1
oni - 1
onl - 1 kyo
opr - 1
orm - 1 qot
oro - 1 qoo
ort - 1
ost - 1 oyy
ote - 1
ovi - 1
ovu - 1
per - 1 sok
pez - 1
pin - 1 ady
pre - 1
pri - 1
ral - 1 kyd
ram - 1
rar - 1 ypc
rat - 1
rel - 1 kyg
res - 1
rie - 1 kod
ril - 1 koi
rim - 1
rir - 1 kol
riv - 1
rle - 1
rme - 1 otd
rog - 1 tpc
rop - 1 oos
rot - 1
rti - 1
rtu - 1 ydc
ruo - 1
sal - 1 alo
sar - 1 olk
sci - 1
scr - 1
sec - 1 sho
sim - 1 yoy
sit - 1
soc - 1 hop
sor - 1
spi - 1 pad
ssa - 1 ryd
ssi - 1 eyo
sta - 1
sua - 1 dak
suo - 1 cho
sus - 1
tae - 1 ych
taf - 1
tan - 1 dar
taq - 1
tar - 1 rpc
tas - 1 ald
tef - 1
tei - 1
tel - 1 ypo
tep - 1
ter - 1
tez - 1
tha - 1
tic - 1
tid - 1
tiq - 1
tod - 1 lgd
tor - 1
tra - 1 yky
tri - 1 yke
tru - 1
tti - 1
tto - 1 hlg
tud - 1 dch
tur - 1 yyk
tut - 1
uai - 1 aks
udo - 1 cho
uee - 1
uel - 1
uen - 1 che
ues - 1
unq - 1
uoi - 1 hoq
uov - 1
ura - 1 yky
usc - 1
ust - 1 myy
utt - 1
ver - 1
vie - 1
vir - 1 ldy
vit - 1
vos - 1 hoy
vun - 1
zzi - 1