The base cycle

Turning to a breakdown of the Grand Paradigm - or the CYCLIC paradigm - of the Voynich text I have offered in recent posts, our attention turns first to the base cycle. This is the endless cycling of CHOLDAIIN and its variant DARCHOL.

Note that these vords do not contain the gallows glyphs, nor do they contain [e] or [y]. Other familiar permutations of glyphs – especially the final [n] into [m] etc. are permitted.

Accordingly, as the first test of the model, all non-gallows vords without [e] or [y] should fit the pattern:

Here are some examples of vords in this category, presented in the context of lines so that we can get a sense of their distribution:


<f1v.P.5;H> potoy.shol.dair.cphoal-dar.chey.tody.otoaiin.shoshy-

<f69r.P.2;H> daiin.shey.okaiin.shkechy.sheey.tey.chy.cthy.otol.cham-

<f3v.P.11;H> sho.shockho.ckhy.tchor.chodaiin.chom-

<f58v.P2.29;H> daiin.sheoikhy.ykey.sheky.qokal.qokeey.okain.okar.ol.dam-

<f6v.P.4;H> y.shckhy.ytchoy.sos.y.dady.dchy.dey.okody-ytody-

<f111r.P.45;H> o.ain.ain.keeey.teed.checkhed.iir.okeey.lkeeey.okeeo.lkeey.lkeey.lkeedy.qoky-

<f8v.P.12;H>
pchar.cho.rol.dal-shear.cheeotaiin.chal.daiin-

<f13r.P.1;H> torshor.opchy.shol.dy.qopchy.shol.opchor.dypchy.dchm-

<f70r2.C.3;H> oches.air.chess.ctheey.sheeody.shopcho.yteody.ykaldy.oteeos.aiin.shey.shee.forar.aim.cheoteeodal.sho.choetchaldy.dal.aiir.ches.otes.ar.dalol.chtam-opaiir.chekeo.oteedy.oteeo.okol.chotal.otol.al.dl-

<f20r.P.3;H> qoteey.cho.chodaiin.sho.qochy.chey.tcheodal.daral-

<f55r.P.6;H> tcho.daiin.sho.kedy.kedy.okol.chdy=

<f112v.P.18;H>saiin.or.aiin.chey.qokeedy.qokeeey.qokeeody.qotam.olaiin.am-

<f27v.P.1;H> fochof.chof.cho.sho.soly.shol.ytchor.ofchory.kchorchor-

<f29v.P.8;H> otol.sho.tchos.cholody.dain-chcth-chy.cthody.dol-

<f113v.P.40;H>oraiin.cheor.alkain.oteey.ar.aiin.otaiin.okeey.lkeeedy.qoeeeey.aiin-

<f32v.P.9;H> otchol.daiin.daiin.ctho.daiin.qotaiin-otchy.d-shar-

<f56r.P.7;H> sho.kchol.otchor.choky.dal-

<f112v.P.3;H>qokeeor.ar.sheey.or.ar.aiiin.okeey.lkeeody.sheedy.qotam- 

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Something that stands out immediately - at least from this random selection - is the tendency of this category of vord (non-gallows, without [e] or [y] - to fall at the start and finish of LINES. That is, such lines begin at the base cycle and then end at the base cycle.

R.B.