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Show HN: Voynich GIS – An interactive parser for the 15th-century manuscript
- YauCheukFai 10mo agoAuthor here. I built this interactive parser to demonstrate a theory: the Voynich Manuscript isn't a language to be read, but procedural code to be executed. The terminal parses the script in real-time. As you type, you'll see it decode individual morphological operators before executing the full command. Type p: System detects "Container/Sheath" morphology. Type pchor: System executes the full command to generate the "Vase" structure (folio 19r). It's a proof-of-concept to show the strict grammatical logic behind the illustrations. Happy to answer questions!
- hamburgererror 10mo agoWas the paper submitted to a journal for peer review?
- YauCheukFai 10mo agoWe opted for immediate Open Access (Zenodo) rather than the traditional journal route. The reasoning was two-fold: 1. Speed & Accessibility: We wanted to release the findings to the community immediately for open verification, rather than waiting 12+ months for a closed process. 2. Reproducibility: Since the theory posits the text is procedural code, we felt the best form of "peer review" would be to build a parser and let people test the generative rules themselves (hence this demo).