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# Page f79v from the "Biological" section of the Voynich manuscript
# Last edited on 1998-07-15 01:38:47 by stolfi

# Transcribed by John Grove ("V") (except that the isolated
# line-initial "t"s in Grove's transcription have been converted back
# to "p"s and reattached to the rest of the line.)

# Filtered through 20 stages of Jim Reed's compression algorithm
# cutting across word boundaries.  
#
# Substitutions performed, in order:
#
#   A = y- (   3358)  K = sC (    808)
#   B = dA (   1886)  L = r- (    661)
#   C = he (   1846)  M = oE (    652)
#   D = qo (   1533)  N = ol (    435)
#   E = l- (   1270)  O = HI (    426)
#   F = Dk (   1025)  P = iI (    423)
#   G = cC (    955)  Q = aE (    416)
#   H = ai (    860)  R = GB (    412)
#   I = n- (    860)  S = eA (    391)
#   J = eB (    851)  T = HP (    373)

## <f79v>           {$I=B $Q=M $P=J $L=B $H=2}
#
# Guy p212, Bennett p188 (he  calls it f 80), Poundstone p193, Zimansky;
# mermaid, parasol
# Currier's language B, hand 2
# biological

<f79v.P.1;V>       pNdKBNkarADtNMotalBotedMoLNorM_
<f79v.P.2;V>       DteJFGADtAlKAFOKADLchB_
<f79v.P.3;V>       dMKMokchAFOKJFKBFJotaram-_
<f79v.P.4;V>       FeJFJDtOsMRLGAFAlR_
<f79v.P.5;V>       DlkeJFJDtMsTorAFJoteJlGam-_
<f79v.P.6;V>       yGckCALORFORNKBdaLAtam-_
<f79v.P.7;V>       FKAFeJDEkJFeJFOs-NR_
<f79v.P.8;V>       yRDtSokJtedyMKJFeSDteJlM_
<f79v.P.9;V>       soLMKSFeJFeGADE--___
                   
<f79v.P.10;V>      pRlKckCBFeSFTNkAopRtR_
<f79v.P.11;V>      NGSlRDlkeJFOchckhAotaLMkam---___
                   
<f79v.P.12;V>      pshBofchBFJDteJFJDltJDtJokA_
<f79v.P.13;V>      dOaLNKAdytOFOGcthAokeJFeJroL_
<f79v.P.14;V>      FeSFJokeSFMKJFeJLMGAFeJ_
<f79v.P.15;V>      yteJFeJFONkeSGokOBteSFO_
<f79v.P.16;V>      dMKSDENkKAFeJNkeJDEokTNA_
<f79v.P.17;V>      DEKSchMMdaLFTGekSFAotOoram-_
<f79v.P.18;V>      FOKSFeSteSoteSlKSFeSNkeJLGA_
<f79v.P.19;V>      ykHEshADEaLKAFJFJFJdaLNkOcham-_
<f79v.P.20;V>      dRlGAqetAKBokOykees-NkSotAKADlA_
<f79v.P.21;V>      d-KAFQKJKkAoLOotshBdOctCLaroL_
<f79v.P.22;V>      tKAykeSLeatOoroiiP--___
                   
<f79v.P.23;V>      tNkSokaLMokTokyloLFMokeJdalarA_
<f79v.P.24;V>      AGeas-o-oiPoeJDtORFeSoteSFeSlM_
<f79v.P.25;V>      FeSMNshBDtOoteJNkOotKAsOM_
<f79v.P.26;V>      ykeJokTdykTotJdkeStaLMotMoiiinA_
<f79v.P.27;V>      odGAkaLokOopaLotONkS--___
                   
<f79v.P.28;V>      pGAkKMFOofRotalshBNkHLotTokeJ_
<f79v.P.29;V>      dOKAteJlka-opRDtJotStQdOoteSotA_
<f79v.P.30;V>      FOKekAokaLokSFStJskOoteJFA_
<f79v.P.31;V>      yKes-To-ykeJFeJFaLoteJLMtO_
<f79v.P.32;V>      NkeSMoLoGSMMo-keeJGckhAaroL--___
                   
<f79v.P.33;V>      poLaLoLyteSteSokaLoKAFAGAokeSlBorM_
<f79v.P.34;V>      ykeeSFeSlKAFAtRoLKJotOKoLNA_
<f79v.P.35;V>      DLGStOchEMotMdOotOMoteJFaI_
<f79v.P.36;V>      AKSMKANtshsSKepKA--___
                   
<f79v.P.37;V>      pMMshQtOokeSlkeSFQotchsBokeshB_
<f79v.P.38;V>      NkeeSFeSokeJKBFeSokOKckhBdag-_
<f79v.P.39;V>      FeJykeSKSoLoLTyefTchcthhAdaLytA_
<f79v.P.40;V>      Fees-TokOMoiPFoPKkAFeJFaLM_
<f79v.P.41;V>      yKBFeSokOMkeSdalBRLToLO_
<f79v.P.42;V>      okRFOKkARMTAdarQ--___
                   


# Color key:
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#    8.500   or more bits
#    7.500 to  8.499 bits
#    6.500 to  7.499 bits
#    5.500 to  6.499 bits
#    4.500 to  5.499 bits
#    3.500 to  4.499 bits
#    2.500 to  3.499 bits
#    1.500 to  2.499 bits
#    0.500 to  1.499 bits
#    0.000 to  0.499 bits

# full text: 19329 characters (including fillers)
# context: left = 3 right = 0  (order = 4)
# alphabet size: actual = 42
# mean conditional entropy h_4:  3.809 bits/character