Observation F-03

Neighbouring word edges are linked

The last written symbol of one word and the first of the next show ordering dependencies, strongest in Currier B. Some short Latin verse comparisons also reach this range.

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Research status and checks

Current status TRIANGULATED; standing What this means

What was tested Adjacent glyphs across transcription word spaces; A/B and size-matched comparisons.

What to look for, and why it matters

Look at two neighbouring groups of symbols. The study asks whether the end of the first helps predict the start of the next. A relationship would mean the writing rules continue across spaces, rather than stopping at each word.

Folio 75r: small human figures in green pools joined by channels, with text around them — Folio 75r. Human figures sit among green pools and connecting forms, with writing around them. The text provides a setting for inspecting neighbouring symbol groups. An unannotated context scan; the measurements are reported in the study below. Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 408. Public domain. Larger scan of folio 75r at Yale

Four-step protocol bridge reproducing Rozanova and Temerev (2026) boundary mutual information and matched Priapea subsampling. — Analytical diagram (Figure 3): four-step transformation bridge from raw vparse (0.1380 nats on 4,135 lines) to Rozanova & Temerev’s (2026) +0.1972 and +0.2426 bits, plus matched 1,813-pair Priapea subsampling.

Other explanations

A production convention, metrical constraint or encoding could produce edge dependencies.

Limits

This does not identify a cipher, language or meaning. A skewed edge table can produce this feature.

How independent the evidence is

Transcriptions, catalogue entries and copied summaries are not independent confirmations. Repeated use of the manuscript and pipeline is shared evidence.

Sources and evidence

Catalogue Yale, Beinecke MS 408
Published work Prescott Currier (1976), Papers on the Voynich Manuscript
Published work Emma May Smith and Marco Ponzi (2019), Glyph combinations across word breaks in the Voynich manuscript (closed access)

Credit Simone Systems Research: Jon directing AI-assisted research; retain original authors and run owners in the cited artifacts. Neighbouring-word edge restrictions were reported by Currier and studied by Smith and Ponzi. These are prior-work credits, not claims that this project independently reproduced their studies.

Research records behind this card (3, 3 you can open)

Canonical finding or disposition for F-03; use the recorded locator and version.

Preserved supporting artifact upstream:results_s20.txt; exact version is identified by its digest.

Preserved measurement output (results_r2.txt) supporting this story within the stated scope; shared inputs are not independent confirmations.

Main research record: workflow/FINDINGS-GRAPH.yaml, line 88 (F-03:), sha256 1a362f3cf312. Read the cited lines 88 to 103
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Main research record: runs/roach-r1r2-raw/results_r2.txt, sha256 c2f676e09353. Open the public copy (clock times omitted)

How to check it

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Simone Systems Research. “Neighbouring word edges are linked.” Voynich Evidence Atlas, record F-03, export atlas-public-v1.0, 2026-10-19. https://simoneresearch.com/research/voynich/atlas/f-03/

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