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Comment by codesnik

19 hours ago

what I'd expect from a handwritten book like that, if it is just a gibberish, and not a cypher of any sorts - the style, calligraphy, the words used, even letters themselves should evolve from page 1 to the last page. Pages could be reordered of course, but it still should be noticeable.

Unless author hadn't written tens of books exactly like that before, which didn't survive, of course.

I don't think it's a very novel idea, but I wonder if there's analysis for pattern like that. I haven't seen mentions of page to page consistency anywhere.

> I haven't seen mentions of page to page consistency anywhere.

A lot of work's been done here. There are believed to have been 2 scribes (see Prescott Currier), although Lisa Fagin Davis posits 5. Here's a discussion of an experiment working off of Fagin Davis' position: https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-3783.html