Middle English as precursor

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Here are some thoughts on Middle English (represented by the Auchinleck Manuscript, c.1330s), as a possible precursor language of the Voynich manuscript.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_p ... manuscript

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An extract from folio 326 recto of the Auchinleck Manuscript, probably produced between 1331 and 1340. The first line reads: "Lord Ihesu, kyng of glorie". Image credit: National Library of Scotland.

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An alternative (and later) representation of Middle English: Ashmole 61, written between about 1488 and 1500.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_p ... ashmole-61

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An extract from folio 107r of the Ashmole 61 manuscript. The rubric reads "The governans of man"; the first line is "ffor helth of body couer fro cold þi hede". Image credit: Bodleian Library.