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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Dear SoMean</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"> List,</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Following the publication of the peer-reviewed paper </span><i>The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, in the journal Romance Studies, many scholars have requested a method
paper of instruction in order to participate in translating the manuscript.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thus, a free method paper is now available to download from the LingBuzz website, titled </span><i>The Algorithmic Method for Translating MS408 (Voynich)</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fling.auf.net%2Flingbuzz%2F004653&data=02%7C01%7CMEDITERRANEAN_STUDIES-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C03272f47d6984af7a81d08d705da0099%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636984306184471535&sdata=JG7uADP%2FmhV0x%2B2lGg0ZjE7U2VqOjUTHI1iFwxtLr9U%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004653" shash="btWamo3hXWYCLisZbMQ1WUL/aADmcVnOh8St4WIHdZd+yM8SUPoe8j1Nuzgiov2wpjsEFqSS8EJDFqf0XcawlqUV5v2ru9JYV6qa3tC4N3IeXw2NVwWFWGLAro74xcmXe8WO51uuBe5bUbT0l9M0KuoKEzC/VpM3GMvuZar1aI0=" title="Original URL: https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004653
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This may be of interest to those involved with the study of sociolinguistics and meaning as the manuscript uses a language transitional between vernacular Latin and early Romance. It originates from the island of Ischia, c. 1444. </p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kindest regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Gerard Cheshire.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">University of Bristol. </span></p>
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