VOYNICH RESEARCH WORKBENCH
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System

A connected workbench for
exploring the Voynich manuscript.

Move between manuscript images, transcriptions, symbol catalogues, comparisons and research notes in one place.
Each view keeps the source material and the developing research close at hand.

Connected workbench routes

Corpus

Bring sources and collections together.

Folios

Browse the manuscript folio by folio.

Transcription

Record and review transcriptions.

Concordance

Look for repeated forms and patterns.

Symbols

Browse glyphs and visual variants.

Experiments

Compare methods and explore results.

Hypotheses

Develop ideas and review the evidence.

Exports

Save and share research records.

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Corpus, folios and annotations

Voynich folios213 source images
f.1r
f.1v
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f.2r
f.2v
f.3r
f.3v
Bring sources together, browse folios and add structured notes.
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Transcription, concordance and symbols

TranscriptionMS 408 / f.1r
L1qo oaiin chedy qokaiin
L2ol shedy qokeedy dar
L3qokain ol cheol daiin
L4daiin qotedy ol shedy
L5chedy okain otal dar
ConcordanceQuery
qo oaiin
Matches 24 MS 408 / f.1r L2›MS 408 / f.2v L1›MS 408 / f.7r L4›MS 408 / f.12v L3› View all (1,204)
Symbol catalogue
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ID
Gt-81-014
Type
Glyph
Class
Unknown
Occurrences
1,034
Build transcriptions, find repeated forms and examine symbols.
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Scripts, manuscripts and corpus patterns

Corpus analysisOverview   Statistics   Patterns   Distributions
Languages & systems70+Grimoires & texts40+Reference sources26+Source images213
Token frequency (top 8)A3,422B3,055C2,688D2,321E1,954F1,587G1,220H853
Co-occurrence heatmap
Compare writing systems, manuscripts and recurring structures.
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Experiments, hypotheses and exports

Experiment runsRun 012Cluster testRun 011N-gram modelRun 010Positional testRun 09Morphology testRun 08Entropy model
Hypotheses labH-014   In progressToken families reflect morphological roles.H-013   DraftRepetition marks structural boundaries.H-012   DraftNumerical notation has positional systems.View all hypotheses
Datasets & exportsDataset BuilderCreate focused datasets from the corpus.Export BundleBring images, transcriptions, annotations and metadata together.API AccessConnect through documented research APIs.Coming soon
Explore ideas, compare results and preserve the research record.
How research moves through the system
Source

Original images
and source details.

Transcription

Symbols, lines,
regions and notes.

Analysis

Comparisons, model
suggestions and statistics.

Review

Researcher review,
decisions and comments.

Research record

Ideas, evidence
and results kept together.

Each result can be traced back to the source material and the steps that produced it.

How the workbench is organised
Connected workbench

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from a web browser.

Research database

Sources, annotations and
results stay connected.

Original sources

Source images and their
history are preserved.

Portable outputs

Download research records
for review and reuse.

Built to keep sources, annotations and results connected as the research grows.

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