Re: VMs: VMS: The MS408 Project (long)

[Elias Schwerdtfeger <elias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

> Another problem is that there is only a limited set of
> symbols in the VMS, therefore only a limited set of concepts
> to talk about. A 230-page book centered on 25 or so
> concepts/words can be very boring, (...)

...especially, if the words/concepts are appearing in very similar order
in nearly all of the "Voynichese" words. To me this is hard to believe
as a solution, and the obvious commercial interest of the people, who
want to buy their translations does not make me believe easier.

Most active list readers do know, which are the properties of the VMS a
solution has to explain. I tried to read the VMS as a form of musical
notation (which is meaningful, but not a text in the usual sense), but
even if I'm right, I still can't explain the strange illustrations, the
uniqueness of the notation system or the nature of the labels.

And at the moment, the music I read sounds very boring, highly
repetitive and not like medieval music at all. (I assume that a musical
notation has to be relatively simple to be useful for musicians. But if
I join my "readings" together by some arbitrary "melodical glue", if
will sound _good_...)

Still thinking about the most mysterious manuscript ever seen

Elias

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