Re: VMs: Cardan Grille

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rene Zandbergen r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx wrote

>
> --- "David R. Jones" <drjones@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This was recently posted to another group, and I
> > thought it might be of
> > interest here.  I know that Cardan and Dee were
> > associates, though they
> > had a falling out at one point.  My main point was
> > if anyone had seen
> > this in the context of the Voynich MS and if they
> > found the arguments
> > presented convincing.
>
> Yes, the originator of the theory (Gordon Rugg)
> has been in communication with all of us on
> this list and I assume that he is still around.
> (Nicely organised site, by the way, Gordon!)
>
> I wonder if you would be able to tell me (us :-) )
> how a Cardan grille would have normally been
> used in the times of Dee. Was it a cryptographic
> device? Would it be to scramble text, or to be
> able to select only certain words from a text?
>
> To answer your question: I am personally not
> convinced that the VMs could have been generated
> in the manner described. What might convince me
> is if he managed to define a table, set up with some
> kind of logic behind it, which actually does
> reproduce some part of the MS text. Currently,
> table fagments I have seen are set up in order
> to duplicate the known statistical properties
> of the text, but without any order or rule.
>
> Apart from that, I wouldn't exclude the
> possibility that the VMs contains meaningless
> text and is a hoax in one way or another.
>
> Kind regards, Rene
>

Well I think I know how to set up several systems to duplicate the VMS but
what would it prove?

I've just thought of something! I'm going to check it out.

Jeff


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