The need for a new transcription
Apr 29, 2014 7:26:41 GMT
Post by Rob Hicks on Apr 29, 2014 7:26:41 GMT
Why another transcription? The Voynich Manuscript has been transcribed, at least in part, by dozens of individuals over the years. By now, you would hope, there might exist some form of consensus on what the manuscript contains. If the various transcriptions are combined, however, it becomes apparent that there is very little agreement between transcribers. The text below is a transcription of the first page, combining every transcription available and reducing any conflicts to an asterisk (for disputed characters) and a comma for disputed spaces:
<f1r-1a-P01L01-XX> f*yz.y,kal.ar.*taiin.sol.sory.*z.y,kor.sold*-
<f1r-1a-P01L02-XX> zory.var.o,r,y.ka*.*taiin.s*r.a*.xar.xar.dan*-
<f1r-1a-P01L03-XX> zyaiir.s*ky.or.ykaiin.sod.xo,ary.x*z.dar,aiin.z*-
<f1r-1a-P01L04-XX> *oiin.oteey.ote*.*,oloty.*ar.daiin.o*aiin.or.okan-
<f1r-1a-P01L05-XX> *air,y.cear.xaiin.war.uaiin.ydar,ais*=
<f1r-1a-P02L01-XX> *.odar.*y.sol.woy.oydar.s*,z.uoaiin.soda*y-
<f1r-1a-P02L02-XX> *s*y.sody.okco,y.o*ol.coxy.oz,cy.dain.*or.koz-
<f1r-1a-P02L03-XX> daiin.s*.uol.sody.dain.*.teody=
<f1r-1a-P03L01-XX> *.ydain.wesaiin.ol,z.wey.ytain.sosy.wodal,ez-
<f1r-1a-P03L02-XX> ok,so.ksoy.otairin.ote*l.okan.sodain.z,*y.daiin-
<f1r-1a-P03L03-XX> soy.vey.kodaiin.wy.w*da*lz.*y.s*.oldain,d-
<f1r-1a-P03L04-XX> dain.oiin.col.odaiin.codain.cdy.okain.d*.xy.kod-
<f1r-1a-P03L05-XX> daiin.svey.*or.c*r.sey.kol.col.col.kor.c*l-
<f1r-1a-P03L06-XX> so.col.s,odan.ksy.kc*.dor.codaiin.so.k*m-
<f1r-1a-P03L07-XX> yco.tcey.c*kain.seo,psol.dydyd.xy.da*y-
<f1r-1a-P03L08-XX> yto.sol.se.kodsey.wealy.da*ain.dain.vy*-
<f1r-1a-P03L09-XX> dcar.sxaiin.okaiir.cey.*cy.*tol.xolz.d*-
<f1r-1a-P03L10-XX> sok.cor.cey.dain.v*y.otol.daiiin=
<f1r-1a-P04L01-XX> wo.saiin.sokceey.col.tsodee*y.sey.pydeey.c*,ro,d*-
<f1r-1a-P04L02-XX> *in.col.dain.xal.dar.sear.kaiin.dar.sey.*ar.*-
<f1r-1a-P04L03-XX> *co*o,kaiin.s*aiin.okol.daiin.*ar.xol.daiin.xoldar-
<f1r-1a-P04L04-XX> *ceey.ok*.oky.daiin.o,kcey.k,okaiin.*col.k*c*.dal-
<f1r-1a-P04L05-XX> d*o.sody.ko*y.xy.ok,cey.keey.*,dal.ctor-
<f1r-1a-P04L06-XX> *.col.c*,coty.cotey.dcaiin=
I have used CONTRAPTION for this transcription. As you can see, well over half of the 'word' readings are disputed at some level. For the purposes of analysis, this is simply unacceptable.