A glyph is not a letter, a token is not a word, and a space is not a space in Voynichese units; study tests three assumptions against Zandbergen-Landini transliteration
Read the original at arxiv.org→arXiv:2608.17096v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Voynich manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) is usually analysed on three unstated assumptions: that its glyphs are letters, that the strings between blanks are words, and...
Original headline: "A Glyph Is Not a Letter, a Token Is Not a Word, a Space Is Not a Space: What the Units of Voynichese Are Not"
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