Re: VMs: the labels are null character pair key pages for obscuring code

[Wayne Durden <wdurden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.  When I last wrote the full list I was off in pursuit of larger 
phrases related to the labels.  With the help of a few others, we just 
couldn't tie complete labels into non label pages to the extent 
anticipated (yes, cloud bunnies it seems).  While syllables of labels 
are common, complete labels in text were rare as many others have 
observed.

  In the process of chasing down this dead end, the redundant syllable 
frequency posed more and more of a problem to my initial belief that 
there wasn't a cipher involved.  I ended up after the process believing 
that either yes, there is a cipher with lots of nonsense syllables 
involved, or perhaps Rugg was correct after all.

However, in the course of attempting to locate the large phrases a 
couple of interesting observations were made.  Several of the single 
plant section pages could be linked via some extravagant or 
extraordinary nature of the drawing to a page with labels.  In example, 
f33r is a plant with human faces at the roots, which strange 
characteristic appears also on the label page f101v2.  The human head 
and face just jumps out, while the plant itself otherwise does not 
appear related.  Starting with this initial observation, it shortly 
seemed that most pages without labels have a picture subject matter 
that can be somehow linked to some page with labels, either an 
exaggerated feature, or simply obvious common subject matter.  Herbal 
pages match up to certain pharma page keys, bathing nymphs without keys 
can be matched to bathing nymph pages with labels, zodiac examples, etc.

1)  Thus, the nonlabel text pages seem to consistently relate by 
picture subject matter to some page that does have labels.

Furthermore, when carefully examing the labels across sections to try 
and discern underlying meaning, it appeared that the labels might in 
fact be meaningless because several labels were short 2 syllable 
combinations like OTAL (OTAX) and the same initial syllable might be 
part of a short combination in another section entirely like OTADG 
relating to a nymph or what have you.  The short number of character 
differences in the short word labels did not appear different enough to 
convey such entirely different subject matter between sections, 
especially when the syllables were seen so frequently as word endings 
in plain text (i.e. DG - bear with me, these were not EVA but my 
alphabet drawn from other French examples, in EVA my DG is DY I believe 
but the point remains the same).  In other words, labels so short and 
not apparently pictographs didn't seem to have the range of 
expressiveness necessary to encode such completely different subject 
matter, if this was a full language.

2)  Thus, the possibility that the labels are simply nonsense, and by 
comparison with the text, used as pairs or syllables.

Simultaneously studying historical cipher methods, including Bacon's 
suggested use of Nulloes where meaning might be enciphered in a 
quintupled amount of material, it dawned that the labels could very 
well be a table of null character pairs which could have been created 
first and used by the scribe to obscure the non-null symbols of the 
message.

In other words the writer has created a key of null character pairs 
(and possibly some triplets) in the labels.  He decides which label key 
page he is going to use and creates a drawing linked to that folio.  He 
then disperses his meaning amongst the null character pairs or 
syllables from the label page.

3)  To decode, one lays out the label folios, pulls up a text page and 
finds the link to a label folio by picture.  I.e. a bathing nymph page 
to a bathing nymph page with labels.  Using the labels one strikes out 
the pairs and syllables that appear in the labels and one is left with 
some remaining character or characters per line.

4)  This method coincidentally can explain the A and B distribution 
differences (and in fact there should be more than just an A and B as 
there are more than 2 label key folios although many of the null 
syllables are shared on different label key folios).  It might explain 
the foldouts as well.

I would be interested in comparing results for page f33r decoded this 
way using f101v2 if anyone is willing to print them out and do the 
strike outs.  There is still room for variance because of differences 
like P,T, K in the EVA.  I see lots of OT's where others might differ.  
When I decode in this fashion I am left with fewer characters or 
character pairs than a full alphabet.  Furthermore, the same remaining 
character or pairs might still occur 3 times or so right together.  
While the result could be something meaningful in latin or greek, etc 
and I am not able to read it, it is possible that these represent a 
numerically enciphered text.  I.e., the writer first used a number 
coded alphabet to encipher the real message, then filled the text with 
nulloes from the labels to add additional obscurity.

I have thought that folio 76 with the 9 line leading characters might 
be a key to a numerical system.  Has anyone else got any ideas about a 
number key in the manuscript.

Once again, if folks would rather tackle this as a subgroup off the 
main list, I am more than willing to work that way.  I would like to A) 
collaborate to see if there is agreement to a generally accepted 
linkage of each non-label page to a label page via picture subject 
matter, and B) decide on an accepted method to represent the strikeouts 
of the null characters on an image of the text so that the same can be 
published to everyone's satisfaction.  (i.e., for my use, I used a 
graphic program and used a semitransparent rectangle to cover the null 
syllables with a different color for each and a key).  This is very 
cumbersome and time consuming and quick and dirty scratching out with a 
marker is a lot easier, but not likely suitable for sharing and 
reaching consensus.  The GREP geniuses may be able to whip up some 
quick shell scripts to do this within the confines of the EVA alphabet, 
but I prefer to think that if this was a ciphered message with embedded 
key sent for the recipient to be able to sit down and do this exercise 
in a reasonably finite time, that might be the best way for me to 
approach it as well.  One step less derivative....

Thanks for your indulgance.

Wayne

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