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A comment on Latin in the Voynich Manuscript. Parent comment

Re:Latin in the Voynich Manuscript by retrac on Thursday September 10, 2020 @02:38PM (#24435250)
I suspect it was more for mystical/religious purposes than for showing off, but I concur that it may well not have any linguistic meaning.
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Re:Latin in the Voynich Manuscript by Igelau on Thursday September 10, 2020 @04:38PM (#24436344)
It wouldn't be hard to construct a scheme for using the manuscript as an oracle. A single "word" or "sentence" chosen by chance could only be interpreted since it would have no translation.
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