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       Can statistics help crack the mysterious Voynich manuscript?The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.By Greg Miller (from the archives)https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2021/can-statistics-help-crack-mysterious-voynich-manuscriptMore about Voynich manuscript:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript#books #paleography
       
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       @gutenberg_org In younger years, I was fascinated by the #Voynich manuscript and all these deciphering hypotheses.But later I did research about #OutsiderArt of mentally ill people of the Wölfli Foundation and #Prinzhorn Collection  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art for Prinzhorn:  https://www.sammlung-prinzhorn.de/I saw so many parallels that I ask myself what if it was individual Outsider #Art? Then we'll never decipher it. Because it was perhaps a very individual talk with a mental situation for surviving it.
       
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       @gutenberg_org PS: I didn't do that research for the Voynich question. But when I regarded all these paintings and drawings, some styles reminded me suddenly of that manuscript. I could never find a hypothesis about the author's mental health.For me, the Voynich manuscript is no "secret message" but an individual's artbook.And perhaps one of the first pieces of Outsider Art?
       
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       @NatureMC Additional research is needed, though I am by no means an expert on this subject.
       
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       @cassana @NatureMC I found this page, with a brief description of each plate: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms408.HTM