I have blogged on the -cis and -ris symbols which are sometimes also used at the ends of lines or paragraphs to represent the etcetera/and-so-on/osv. abbreviation (it serves both purposes in medieval texts). I have also mentioned it several times on the voynich.ninja forum:
https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-3052-post-34182.html#pid34182
In some of these posts, I included illustrations, in both the “cis” and “etcetera” forms:
I didn’t mention it in this blog because I wanted to focus on the similarity between the a-minim-minim-minim-v padding shape and the shape of the aiiv sequences. If I try to cover all of it in one blog, it becomes too long.
]]>I’m not at all sure that the function of the ai sequences is padding or even whether they are a distinct group within themselves. It’s possible that av, aiv, aiiv, and aiiiv are completely different from one another and only superficially look the same. Perhaps they are similarly shaped to obfuscate their meaning.
It’s possible that only the shape is borrowed from padding (which often starts with an “a” shape, followed by minims, and ends with a “v” shape) and yet the function of the sequences is something other than padding. And… there is still the possibility that they are numbers.
I think your question about “air” is a very good one. I’ve been looking into this as well. I need illustrations to explain my thoughts about the “air” patterns so I may have to answer in a blog rather than as a comment reply.
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