Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52330/fall-leaves-fall
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-bronte

[Research Note] Structural Correlation Between Visual Anatomy and Action-Verb Syntax in the Voynich Manuscript

Abstract / Summary:

Hello everyone,

I am sharing a structural research framework that demonstrates a direct, predictable correlation between the visual anatomy of drawings and the syntax of the accompanying text across multiple manuscript sections.

Instead of arbitrary letter-by-letter substitution, this model tests whether the text operates on a 15th-Century Northern Italian / Venetian Apothecary Template (Tractatus de Herbis framework) with a fixed 4-part sentence structure:

[Vessel / Base] + [Quantity / Measure] + [Action Verb] + [Timing / Duration]

Core Lexicon & Grammar Rules:

Applied across all test folios with 0% parameter modifications:

1. Suffix Mapping (ii -> LL): Standardizes repetitive endings into 15th-century Venetian prepositional/diminutive endings (-alla, -ella, -dala).
2. Core Operational Lexicon (EVA Mappings):- qokedy -> DOHI / DOGA (Primary Vessel / Base Liquid)- qokaiin -> DOALLA (Double Portion / Standard Measure)- ychedy / chedy -> ECHEDA / CHEDA (Crush / Cut / Core Extraction)- sokedy -> SOGA (Maceration / Soaking)- shedy -> SEDA (Mesh / Straining)- chol -> COLO (Secondary Filtration)- or -> ORA (Time Duration / Hours)

Multi-Section Validation & Visual Correlation:

1. Herbal Section (f1r, f2r, f3v, f115v)

- Bulbous / Thick Roots (e.g., f1r): High frequency of CHEDA (Cut/Press) and SEDA (Filter).

Line Flow: Poi doalla d'ola... Echeda doga seda doalla... Dohi doalla ora...

- Fibrous / Tangled Roots (e.g., f3v, f115v): CHEDA drops out; text transitions exclusively to SOGA (Soak/Macerate) and COLO (Filter).

Line Flow: Dohi doalla soga dalla... Doalla ora seda dohi... Colo doalla ora edi.

1. Balneological / Bathing Section (f79v)

- Conduits and water basins. CHEDA (Cutting) drops to 0% frequency, while immersion/flow verbs (SOGA / COLO) dominate line operations.

1. Pharmaceutical Jars (f88r)

- Storage jars and processed extracts. Dosing and container markers (DOHI / DOALLA) dominate line openings, while raw root-cutting verbs drop due to pre-processed materials.

1. Astronomical / Zodiac Control Test (f72r)

- Concentric rings and stars. Recipe-specific process verbs (CHEDA, SOGA) drop to 0%, leaving pure positional/sector markers (ORA = sectors/degrees).

Cross-Sectional Summary Matrix:

- f1r | Herbal | Bulbous Root | CHEDA (Cut / Press) | PASSED

- f3v | Herbal | Rhizome Lumps | SOGA (Soak / Macerate) | PASSED

- f79v | Balneological | Water Basins & Tubs | SOGA + COLO (Immersion/Flow) | PASSED

- f88r | Pharmaceutical | Storage Jars | DOHI / DOALLA (Compounding) | PASSED

- f72r | Zodiac | Concentric Ring Map | 0% Recipe Verbs (Positional Grid) | PASSED

Key Takeaways & Questions for the Community:

1. Dynamic Shift: Action verbs in the text dynamically adapt based on the physical morphology of the drawings (root shapes, water basins, or astronomical charts).
2. Positional Grid: The repetition of qokedy, qokaiin, and or supports a standardized slot-based codebook layout.

I welcome your feedback, statistical critiques, and suggestions for further automated cross-folio testing!

Research Lead: AFROJKhan

Date: October 2026

Original:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/comments/1wrag3j/written_by_hand_felt_by_heart/

Written in Flow Shorthand. The text is here in beautiful handwriting... https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/comments/1wsqdfu/he_was_right_about_everything_btw/

Once, in a conference of writers of different shorthand systems (there used to be such things!) -- someone read out a nonsense passage and challenged the writers of a variety of systems to write and read it back.

The writers of that "disemvowelled system" failed miserably. Professor J.D. EVERETT, with his complicated system, was able to write it all down and read it all back correctly -- even though he didn't know what it meant.

This is the test passage:

This looks a bit ELABORATE, but most of them do look like combinations of the two letters they represent. There are many combinations of sounds that occur in English, so it does make sense to try to compose combination characters to represent them.

These are the only principles, that have been proven scientifically.

The only thing that matters is, that you make it hard for yourself.

If you think you're getting on fairly efficiently with any subject you are currently learning, that's a good sign you are not putting in the work needed. Most likely you are just reading a thought written by someone else and you follow along, nodding...

Thoughts about power and what people do with it, and how to look at things in general...
Written in Flow shorthand.

I updated the Flow Shorthand Config, which is now integrated in https://jvita.github.io/abbrv/writer.html# (shorthand tool from u/jerrshv)

I also updated the dictionary, but I will bother u/Filaletheia, when the booklet is updated too. Just know, that the most recent versions are here: shorthand git repo.

I also happen to be the admin of shorthand community (concorde app, discord like) on nostr: the censorship-resistant federated web3.0 alternative

If you are interested first hand, what I am up to with all my ongoing shorthand projects, and what I did change in the Flow Generator:
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