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One more question, and I promise to stand silent for several
days.
If one was to collect every instance of a word, say the EVA
alphabet word "jain" or "jaiin" and close relatives assuming the scribe isn't
consistent in glyphs like m and n once in a while ( I am chasing this EVA word
as a phonetic "san"-[my reason for S instead of J is from a review of
S in Guiot version at the Charrette project and from backward chaining if one
suspected French is this a word or sound that would be prevalent- the N is
consistent with Bennet], besides the actual position in the texts, is there
already an existing way to quickly quantitatively analyse where it is relative
to the end of a folio, the end of a folio in the herbal section, or the end
of a line, using available tools? I am looking for possibly the
software tools to do the analysis to properly document end structure
defying random generation, and consistent with meaningful discussion one might
expect in a guide type book about plants saying similar type things about
different varieties on different folios, particularly in certain sections
of the manuscript.
For instance, just reviewing the first handful or so
folios, if one accepted a phonetic take down method such that this "san" might
be its own word or part of a word as in croissant (no I don't believe
any of the Voynich words is croissant - although there might be reference to an
egg mcmuffin), it shows up on f4r 3nd from the end, f3r 6th from the end, f4v
1st paragraph 4th from the end, f7r 2nd from end, etc. From the existing
work this would equate to determing page, paragraph or line ending relevant
positional frequency of the EVA words/sounds "jain" or "jaiin". Can
this/has this been done?
I realize other than the absolute position in the text, the
relative position to the folio or line end, probably doesn't exist and I just
need to put in the elbow grease and do the work. However, if one of the
software wizards knows this can be done quickly and easily I would appreciate a
pointer to such tools or persons.
I apologize in advance for the level of noise,
Thanks.
WLD
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