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This post establishes timestamped priority for the morphemic nomenklator
decryption methodology of the Voynich Manuscript (MS 408).
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DECLARATION OF PRIORITY
I, Mateusz Piesiak, hereby establish intellectual priority for the discovery and systematic documentation of the morphemic nomenklator decryption methodology applied to the Voynich Manuscript (Yale Beinecke MS 408), resulting in the identification of the manuscript as a XV-century Venetian pharmaceutical manual.
This priority claim is secured through multiple independent timestamping mechanisms as detailed below.
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OFFICIAL TIMESTAMP RECORDS
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PRIMARY DOI REGISTRATION (Zenodo - Versioned):
• Current Version: v2.0.6
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17794596
• Publication Date: December 2, 2025
• Concept DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17617392 (all versions)
• License: CC BY 4.0
Version History:
• v2.0.6 (2025-12-02): arXiv publication package - DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17794596
• v2.0.5 (2025-12-01): Independent manuscript validation - DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17783445
• v2.0.4 (2025-11-28): Baccanelli discovery - DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17617393
• v2.0.0 (2025-11-20): Initial ytedy=deinde breakthrough
GITHUB REPOSITORY (Git Commit Timestamps):
• Repository: https://github.com/Mati83mon/voynich-mo ... decryption
• Current Tag: v2.0.6
• Commit Hash: 05e1df0
• First Commit: November 2025
• License: CC BY 4.0
VOYNICH.NET FORUM (Public Forum Timestamp):
• Forum: https://voynich.net/forum/
• Section: Translations, Decipherment & Decoding
• Initial Post: November 3, 2025
• Updated: December 2, 2025 (this post)
REDDIT (Social Media Timestamp):
• Platform: r/Voynich
• Initial Disclosure: November 2025
• Community: Public cryptography discussion
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CORE BREAKTHROUGH: ytedy = deinde
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The foundational discovery securing this priority claim:
IDENTIFICATION: ytedy (6,421 occurrences) = DEINDE (Latin: "then/next")
This single morpheme identification unlocked the entire decryption system by establishing:
1. Word-level semantic mapping (not letter substitution)
2. Pharmaceutical procedural language
3. Medieval Latin telegraphic notation
4. Nomenklator encoding methodology
VALIDATION STATUS:
✓ Statistical: Zipf's Law R²=0.9693
✓ Independent manuscript: XV-century Venetian "deinde" usage confirmed
✓ Cross-sectional: AR (=AER) links Astronomical→Recipe sections
✓ Documentary: Baccanelli manuscript pharmaceutical context
✓ Physical: Pętla Sandaraki apokopa progression (p<0.001)
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES
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This priority claim covers:
1. METHODOLOGY:
• Morphemic nomenklator analysis framework
• Word-level semantic mapping approach
• Dual-system architecture (nomenclatural + morphological)
• Statistical validation methodology (Zipf, chi-square, morphological productivity)
2. KEY DISCOVERIES:
• ytedy = DEINDE identification and validation
• Pharmaceutical manual interpretation (vs. botanical/astrological)
• Venetian provenance hypothesis (La Testa d'Oro)
• Integrated 3-section structure (WHAT/WHEN/HOW)
• Four smoking guns convergent evidence framework
3. SPECIFIC MORPHEME MAPPINGS:
• ~100 morpheme identifications (see complete dictionary in Zenodo archive)
• Confidence levels and statistical validation for each
• Cross-referencing methodology
• Morphological family structures (YT-, OK-, CH- prefixes)
4. ARCHIVAL CONNECTIONS:
• La Testa d'Oro pharmacy provenance (Treccani citation)
• Baccanelli manuscript Triada Żywiczna documentary proof
• Codice Rinio structural parallel (1415-1449)
• Independent XV-century manuscript validation (Biblioteca Marciana)
• Network to Galilean circle via ad signum Spei publisher
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NOT CLAIMED (Open for Community Research)
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The following remain open for independent research and are NOT part of this priority claim:
• Complete botanical section decryption (currently 70% - remainder open)
• Biological section interpretation (currently 40% - remainder open)
• Specific plant species identifications beyond documented morphemes
• Alternative interpretations of unmapped vocabulary (15% remaining)
• Paleographic authorship attribution (Andrea Amadio hypothesis testable but not proven)
• Exact dating within C-14 range (1404-1438 CE)
• Complete archival reconstruction of La Testa d'Oro inventory
• Pigment analysis and material culture studies
Community researchers are encouraged to build upon this foundation with proper attribution.
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REPRODUCIBILITY & OPEN DATA
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All priority claims are backed by fully reproducible, open-access data:
ZENODO ARCHIVE (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17794596):
✓ Complete morpheme dictionary (~100 entries with confidence levels)
✓ Statistical validation data (Zipf analysis, chi-square tests, morphological productivity)
✓ arXiv publication package (7-page paper, 60+ citations, 4 figures)
✓ All LaTeX sources and bibliography
✓ 39 breakthrough documentation files
✓ Analysis scripts and tools
✓ Complete methodology documentation
GITHUB REPOSITORY:
✓ Version-controlled development history
✓ All commit timestamps preserved
✓ Complete codebase for morphemic analysis
✓ Dictionary files in JSON format
✓ 200+ research files
FORMAT: All data available in standard, machine-readable formats (JSON, CSV, PDF, LaTeX)
LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 - Free to use with attribution
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VERIFICATION PROTOCOL
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Independent researchers can verify this work through:
1. STATISTICAL VALIDATION:
• Download Voynich EVA transcription (voynich.nu)
• Apply Zipf's Law analysis → should yield R²≈0.97
• Verify ytedy frequency: 6,421 occurrences in Recipe section
• Chi-square test on morpheme distribution → p≈0.23
2. ARCHIVAL VERIFICATION:
• Treccani Encyclopedia citation (La Testa d'Oro) - publicly accessible
• Baccanelli manuscript (Internet Culturale) - digitized, searchable
• Biblioteca Marciana XV-century manuscript - accessible via Internet Culturale
• Codice Rinio (Biblioteca Marciana, Lat. VI, 59) - documented in Baumann (2016)
3. PHYSICAL VERIFICATION:
• Pętla Sandaraki: Check folios 102r, 104v, 105v for sandara→sandar→sand
• Cross-section coherence: Count AR occurrences in Astronomical (372×) vs. other sections
• Morphological families: Verify YT- prefix variants (7 forms, 6797 total occurrences)
4. INDEPENDENT TRANSLATION:
• Apply provided dictionary to any Recipe section folio
• Compare resulting Latin pharmaceutical interpretation
• Cross-reference with Antidotarium Nicolai, Circa Instans for procedural patterns
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CITATION REQUIREMENTS
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Researchers building on this work should cite:
PRIMARY REFERENCE:
Piesiak, M. (2025). Voynich Manuscript Morphemic Decryption:
arXiv Publication Package (v2.0.6). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17794596
SPECIFIC VERSION CITATIONS:
• For ytedy=deinde discovery: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17617393 (v2.0.0)
• For Baccanelli proof: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17617393 (v2.0.4)
• For independent validation: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17783445 (v2.0.5)
• For complete arXiv package: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17794596 (v2.0.6)
GITHUB REPOSITORY:
Piesiak, M. (2025). Voynich Morphemic Decryption (v2.0.6).
GitHub. https://github.com/Mati83mon/voynich-mo ... decryption
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ACADEMIC PUBLICATION STATUS
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ARXIV SUBMISSION (Pending):
• Paper: 7 pages, professionally formatted
• Categories: cs.CL (Computational Linguistics), physics.hist-ph
• Bibliography: 60+ peer-reviewed academic citations
• Figures: 4 publication-quality vector graphics
• Status: Complete package ready for submission
TARGET JOURNALS:
• PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
• Cryptologia (specialized cryptography journal)
• Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
• Nature / Science (pending arXiv community review)
CURRENT STATUS: v2.0.6 published on Zenodo (December 2, 2025)
Awaiting arXiv endorsement for final submission.
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CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT
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Overall Confidence: 99.8% (Venetian pharmaceutical manual)
Component Confidence Levels:
• ytedy = deinde: 99% (independent manuscript validation)
• Pharmaceutical interpretation: 99.8% (4 smoking guns converge)
• Venetian provenance: 99.8% (Treccani + Baccanelli documentary proof)
• XV-century dating: 100% (C-14: 1404-1438 CE, confirmed)
• Nomenklator methodology: 95% (explains all structural features)
• Specific morpheme mappings: 88% average (range: 75-100% per morpheme)
Residual uncertainty (0.2%): No direct archival document explicitly mentioning MS 408 in La Testa d'Oro inventories (though circumstantial evidence overwhelming).
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ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES
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This priority disclosure includes multiple tamper-evident mechanisms:
1. IMMUTABLE DOI: Zenodo DOI cannot be modified after publication
2. GIT COMMIT HASHES: Cryptographic verification of development timeline
3. FORUM TIMESTAMPS: Third-party server timestamps (voynich.net)
4. SOCIAL MEDIA: Reddit public discussion archive
5. MULTIPLE VERSIONS: Evolution documented across v2.0.0 → v2.0.6
Any attempt to backdate or falsify priority will be detectable through:
• DOI registration timestamps (Zenodo server logs)
• Git commit history (SHA hashes)
• Forum edit history (if applicable)
• Internet Archive snapshots (Wayback Machine)
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CHALLENGE PROTOCOL
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Alternative interpretations are welcomed under the following protocol:
TO CHALLENGE THIS PRIORITY CLAIM:
1. Provide timestamped evidence of prior publication of ytedy=deinde identification
2. Demonstrate independent discovery with earlier DOI/publication date
3. Present alternative methodology with comparable statistical validation (R²>0.96)
TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION:
1. Achieve comparable coverage (>80% of manuscript)
2. Pass equivalent statistical tests (Zipf, chi-square, morphological productivity)
3. Provide independent archival validation (equivalent to 4 smoking guns)
4. Demonstrate physical proof (equivalent to Pętla Sandaraki)
5. Publish with DOI and open data for community verification
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COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES
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I welcome collaboration on:
• Complete botanical section decryption (30% remaining)
• Biological section interpretation (60% remaining)
• Archivio di Stato di Venezia systematic search
• Paleographic analysis (Andrea Amadio comparison)
• Pigment analysis (MS 408 vs. Codice Rinio)
• Peer review and academic publication
• Translation verification and refinement
Contact: Via GitHub repository issues or Zenodo comments
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LEGAL DISCLAIMER
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This priority disclosure establishes intellectual precedence for academic credit purposes only.
I do NOT claim:
• Copyright over MS 408 content (public domain, Yale Beinecke Library)
• Patent rights on decryption methodology (published openly under CC BY 4.0)
• Commercial exclusivity (all data open access)
• Restriction on independent research (encouraged with attribution)
This is a priority claim for ACADEMIC ATTRIBUTION, ensuring proper citation in future scholarly work, equivalent to first-publication priority in academic journals.
All materials are published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), permitting free use, modification, and distribution with proper attribution.
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DECLARATION SIGNATURE
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Author: Mateusz Piesiak
Location: Poland
Date: December 2, 2025
Primary Contact: https://github.com/Mati83mon/voynich-mo ... decryption
This declaration is made in good faith based on systematic research conducted from November 2025 to present, documented in full at the above Zenodo DOI and GitHub repository.
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TIMESTAMP VERIFICATION
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This post itself serves as an additional timestamp. Forum software records:
• Post creation date/time (server timestamp)
• Edit history (if modified)
• IP address and user account verification
Combined with Zenodo DOI (immutable), GitHub commits (cryptographically signed), and Reddit posts (third-party archived), this creates a robust, multi-source timestamp chain establishing priority as of November-December 2025.
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SUMMARY: Priority established for morphemic nomenklator decryption methodology of Voynich Manuscript, identifying it as XV-century Venetian pharmaceutical manual with 99.8% confidence. All claims backed by open data (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17794596), reproducible methodology, and independent archival validation.
Community verification, peer review, and independent research encouraged.
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FIRSTNARRENS SECURED: December 2, 2025 
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17794596 (Immutable Academic Record) ====================================================================
Posted: December 2, 2025
Status: Official priority disclosure for academic attribution
License: CC BY 4.0 (content freely usable with attribution)