A Complete Structural Decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript: Priority Claim and Summary of Results

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Authors: Juan Gabriel Molina
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Abstract

We report a complete structural decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke MS 408), covering all 37,990 word tokens across all seven conventionally identified sections. Six distinct notation systems are identified, each associated with a different scribal hand and manuscript section, with statistical significance at p < 0.01 for every section confirmed by permutation testing. A two-tier text architecture is established in which a low-entropy operational layer is embedded within a high-entropy carrier layer. A compartmentalized multi-scribe production model is demonstrated, with five scribal hands encoding different subsystems using non-overlapping operational vocabularies. The biological section morphemes show formal compatibility with Arabic mechanical engineering terminology from the tradition of al-Jazari (d. 1206 CE). Full methodology withheld pending peer-reviewed publication. SHA-256 hash of the full manuscript is included for future verification. *The structural findings in this deposit have been independently validated against multiple fully deciphered comparable corpus. Validation record sealed and timestamped. Available to verified researchers upon request.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Digital Humanities and Scholarship Libraries Manuscripts and Books Classical Studies and Philology

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
16 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint