IN PRINCIPIOCREAVIT DEUS CÆLUM ET TE RRAM TERRAAUTEM ERAT
INANIS ET VACUAET TE NEBRÆ ERANT SUPER FACIEM ABYSSIET
SPIRIT US DEI FEREBAT UR SUPER AQUASDIXIT QUE DEUS FIATLUXET
FACTAEST LUXET VIDIT DEUS LUCEM QUOD ESSET BONA
In this sample text there were 40 genuine word breaks, and my algorithm correctly identified 31 of them, with four false positives and eight genuine breaks missed.
Similarly with the King James Genesis:
INTHE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENAND THE EARTH
AND THE EARTH WASWITHOUT FORMAND VOIDAND DARK NESS
WASUPON THE FACEOF THE DEEPAND THE SPIRIT
OFGODMOVED UPON THE FACEOF THE WATERS AND
Here the sample text contained 41 genuine word breaks, the algorithm correctly identified 29 of them with one false positive and 11 genuine breaks missed.
So what about the Voynich Manuscript? Do the word breaks identified by my algorithm match up to the spaces in the manuscript? Here are the first four lines of the VM in Eva transcription:
fachy sy kal ar ataiin sholshory cthresy kor sholdy
sory ckhar or y kairchtaiin sharasecthar cthar dan
sy aiirsheky ory kaiin shodcthoary cthesdar aiin sy
soiin oteey oteosrol oty cthiar daiin okaiin or okan
In this case, the VM had 39 apparent word breaks, and my algorithm identified 28 of them with five false positives.
From this, it appears word breaks in the Voynich Manuscript act like word breaks in the other sample texts.
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