A special thank you is extended to the following:
The Miami University Honors College, for providing the opportunity to conduct this formal inquiry.
The specific help of honors advisor Jordyn Clark and project mentor Rachel Makarowski, who were necessary collaborators for the completion of this work.
The College of Arts and Science Dean, for allocating necessary funding through the Scholar Award for this presentation of project findings.
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Figure 1: f. 36r of the Voynich Manuscript; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. “Cipher manuscript.” Yale University Press. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046
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Figure 3: Figure 3: A tablet with an Indus Script symbol carved into it. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indus_Script/
Figure 4: f. 3r of the Voynich Manuscript; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. “Cipher manuscript.” Yale University Press. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046
Figure 5: A tablet with an inscription written in Rongorongo; The British Museum. 1903. “tablet” The British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1903-150
Figure 6: : A tablet with an Indus Script symbol carved into it. The British Museum. 1947. “stamp-seal” The British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1947-0416-1
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