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Female authorship of the VM

As this has been suggested in various contexts (eg [1], and an edit on the article page, should there be a mention of the idea? (Note - female literacy among certain strata of the Medieval population was probably higher than some of the websites appear to suggest.) Jackiespeel (talk) 22:54, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Latest decipherment claim

A claim has been made by Ahmet Ardic, "an electrical engineer by trade who also studies the Turkish language in his spare time" and his sons. Supposedly the language is Old Turkic. Claims to have translated Folio 33-V. They've submitted a paper to "a scholarly journal at John Hopkins University."

source: Brodie Thomas (Feb 27, 2018). "Calgary engineer believes he's cracked the mysterious Voynich Manuscript". Metro Calgary. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

--Auric talk 12:53, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks promising! The journal is the semiannual Digital Philology I think. Indefensible (talk) 19:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Experts are skeptical, to put it mildly... http://ciphermysteries.com/2018/02/28/voynich-theories-throw-onto-already-blazing-hearth Drabkikker (talk) 08:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pollen?

This to me looks like various pollens as viewed under a microscope:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Voynich_Manuscript_%28158%29.jpg/220px-Voynich_Manuscript_%28158%29.jpg 139.138.69.196 (talk) 07:51, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redundancy?

I notice that Gibbs was added in the "Shorthand" section. But he already has a paragraph in the "decypherment claims" section.

This got me thinking, isn't it a bit redundant to have sections explaining who thinks it can be decoded in what fashion, and then separately list who claims to have actually decoded it? There must be a better way of organizing the article so that it's a discussion, and not a discussion with a mostly redundant list tacked on at the bottom. ApLundell (talk) 08:23, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But none of these people have decoded anything. What makes any of these people notable for inclusion? Anybody can make any claim but without evidence it really isn't worth squat. JMHO. 139.138.69.196 (talk) 05:18, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And most claims appear to translate only 'a handful of words' or 'this is a text about (topic of author's choice' rather than providing a longer 'translation.' Jackiespeel (talk) 10:53, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wicca or Zoroastrianism and Edward Kelley's demise

Looks like the precise length of Edward Kelley's life supports his murder as a culprit. Does this pan out?Julzes (talk) 16:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC) A bit of an impulse on the section title, but what exactly is the source info on his death? I am not much here, and I happened upon the news of decipherment.Julzes (talk) 16:18, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kelley was too busy scamming other people to have enough time to write something like this. 139.138.69.196 (talk) 03:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]