VMs: Stripped Voynich

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With all combined glyphs removed

fays.ykal.ar.ataiin.ol.ory.res.y.kor.oldy
sory.ar.or.y.kair.taiin.ar.are.ar.ar.dan
syaiir.eky.or.ykaiin.od.oary.es.daraiin.sa
dair.y.ear.aiin.ar.aiin
yey.ody.okoy.otol.oy.osy.dain.or.kos
daiin.os.ol.ody
oko.koy.otairin.oteol.okan.odain.sey.daiin
oy.ey.kodaiin.y.odaiils.ey.e.oldain.d
dain.oiin.ol.odaiin.odain.dy.okain.dan.y.kod
o.ol.odan.ky.ky.dor.odaiin.o.kom
yo.tey.okain.eo.pol.dydyd.y.daiy
yto.ol.e.kodey.ealy.dasain.dain.yds
ok.or.ey.dain.ey
o.aiin.okeey.ol.todeesy.ey.pydeey.y.ro.d
doin.ol.dain.al.dar.ear.kaiin.dar.ey.ar
ksy.adaiin.ol.oltey.ar.ar.am
yteeay.ar.or.oy.do.lkody.okodar.ody
do.y.o.y.y.dkeey.y.kotody.dal
dol.okeo.dair.dam.soey.okody

With all gallows also removed

ays.yal.ar.aaiin.ol.ory.res.y.or.oldy
sory.ar.or.y.air.aiin.ar.are.ar.ar.dan
syaiir.ey.or.yaiin.od.oary.es.daraiin.sa
dair.y.ear.aiin.ar.aiin
yey.ody.ooy.ool.oy.osy.dain.or.os
daiin.os.ol.ody
oo.oy.oairin.oeol.oan.odain.sey.daiin
oy.ey.odaiin.y.odaiils.ey.e.oldain.d
dain.oiin.ol.odaiin.odain.dy.oain.dan.y.od
o.ol.odan.y.y.dor.odaiin.o.om
yo.ey.oain.eo.ol.dydyd.y.daiy
yo.ol.e.odey.ealy.dasain.dain.yds
o.or.ey.dain.ey
o.aiin.oeey.ol.odeesy.ey.ydeey.y.ro.d
doin.ol.dain.al.dar.ear.aiin.dar.ey.ar
sy.adaiin.ol.oley.ar.ar.am
yeeay.ar.or.oy.do.lody.oodar.ody
do.y.o.y.y.deey.y.oody.dal
dol.oeo.dair.dam.soey.oody

Letter counts

o 1960 y 1215 i 903 a 794 d 791 r 622 l 562 e 515 n 477 q 230 s 206 c 11 g
10 h 6 m 96

Unique Pair Counts

ol - 455 ai - 454 in - 441 or - 411 ii - 405 yo - 373 da - 370 oy - 249
oo - 246 ro - 240 qo - 230 dy - 229 od - 213 lo - 203 yd - 199 yy - 188
ey - 161 ld - 158 ar - 152 no - 141 ee - 139 oa - 135 eo - 130 do - 119
ry - 117 oe - 112 ye - 90 yq - 89 al - 87 ya - 76 ly - 71 so - 71 ra - 69
nd - 67 rd - 61 ny - 60 re - 60 am - 46 om - 43 ir - 41 sy - 41 ea - 40
oi - 40 ys - 40 sa - 35 os - 33 le - 32 ls - 32 nq - 30 an - 28 ne - 28
es - 27 na - 27 la - 26 se - 25 mo - 24 rq - 20 de - 19 ns - 19 dd - 10
lq - 10 oq - 10 ay - 8 ds - 8 my - 8 sd - 8 cy - 7 dl - 7 en - 7 ad - 6
yr - 6 ed - 5 im - 5 rs - 5 ao - 4 hy - 4 md - 4 ms - 4 oc - 4 as - 3
dg - 3 is - 3 ma - 3 nc - 3 nl - 3 rg - 3 ri - 3 rl - 3 aa - 2 ce - 2
co - 2 dr - 2 eg - 2 ia - 2 il - 2 ll - 2 mq - 2 nr - 2 oh - 2 rr - 2
sq - 2 ss - 2 yh - 2 ae - 1 aq - 1 di - 1 dm - 1 dn - 1 dq - 1 eh - 1
el - 1 er - 1 gd - 1 he - 1 ho - 1 id - 1 io - 1 iy - 1 lc - 1 lg - 1
lr - 1 me - 1 mm - 1 nh - 1 rc - 1 sg - 1 yc - 1 yl - 1

The curve is not so steep and less options to choose from now. This is
looking suspiciously like a compression cipher to me. Think of lzw when
looking at the text with the all gallows and combos removed. I don't know
how it's done yet.

Maybe as Steve Ekwell keeps saying, the gallows shift the decryption
algorithm.

All comments extremely welcome.

Jeff

BTW As I count it there are exactly 128 unique pairs. Early modern
computing?


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