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ZELINKA, I. ZMEŠKAL, O. WINDSOR, L. CAI, Z.
Original Title
Unconventional Methods in Voynich Manuscript Analysis
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Original Abstract
This paper discusses the possible use of unconventional algorithms on analysis and categorization of the unknown text, including documents written in unknown languages. Scholars have identified about ten famous manuscripts, mostly encrypted or written in the unknown language. The most famous is the Voynich manuscript, an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown language or writing system. Using carbon-dating methods, the researchers determined its age as the early 15th century (between 1404-1438). Many professional and amateur cryptographers have studied the Voynich manuscript, and none has deciphered its meaning as yet, including American and British code-breakers and cryptologists. While there exist many hypotheses about the meaning and structure of the document, they have yet to be confirmed empirically. In this paper, we discuss two different kinds of unconventional approaches for how to handle manuscripts with unidentified writing systems and determine whether its properties are characterized by a natural language, or is only historical fake text. © 2019, Brno University of Technology. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Complex network; Fractal geometry; Text; Voynich manuscript
Authors
ZELINKA, I.; ZMEŠKAL, O.; WINDSOR, L.; CAI, Z.
Released
24. 6. 2019
Publisher
FS VUT
Location
Brno
ISBN
1803-3814
Periodical
Mendel Journal series
Year of study
25
Number
1
State
Czech Republic
Pages from
Pages to
14
Pages count
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT177273, author="Ivan {Zelinka} and Oldřich {Zmeškal} and Leah {Windsor} and Zhiqiang {Cai}", title="Unconventional Methods in Voynich Manuscript Analysis", booktitle="Mendel 2019", year="2019", journal="Mendel Journal series", volume="25", number="1", pages="1--14", publisher="FS VUT", address="Brno", doi="10.13164/mendel.2019.1.001", issn="1803-3814" }