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The Voynich Manuscript: April Fool's Day
The Voynich manuscript often makes researchers feel like they are being fooled, so I decided to find out if April Fool's day has a place in the VMs calendar.April Fool's day originated in France and...
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The Voynich manuscript: St Albinus of Angers
If we follow the 'fishy' logic behind the VMs April Fool's Day (French April Fish Day) then the figure for March 1 in the Voynich manuscript calendar will be located in the inner circle, next (going...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Tucker and Talbert
Distinguished botanist professor A. Tucker and former NASA IT specialist R. Talbert rock the news with their Aztec solution of the Voynich Manuscript ( read here ).Can an amateur like me argue with...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Fish
I received a comment from fellow VMs researcher who is disappointed by the negative reactions toward Tucker/Talbert Aztec solution of the Voynich manuscript. So, I am trying to explain my reaction. The...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Glyphs
The glyphs on the first page of the Voynich manuscript a subject of lively discussion these day on the VMs-list. So I thought it is time to summarize my view of them. I will speculate that the three...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Another Split Beard
The inner circle of the March rosette in the Voynich manuscript gives us second example of a guy with split beard.Unlike the first one, where one can debate if we really see a split beard or not, this...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Pyramid of Khafre
The signatures on fol. 66v and fol. 86v of the Voynich manuscript appear to be written by the same person. Both are unreadable so speculations about them are pointless. True VMs researcher, however,...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Indigo Milk Cap
The indigo milk cap (Lactarius indigo) is edible mushroom. Like the rest of the genus Lactarius it exudes fluid (called 'milk' or 'latex'). The liquid of this particular mushroom is blue. The indigo...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Geocentric Model
Due to the unfortunate involvement of Prof. Newbold with the Voyncih manuscript, the first rosette on fol. 68v became known as being a representation of the Andromeda nebula (M31).However, there is...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Dotted Doodling
The initial on fol. 42v of the Voynich manuscript is decorated with dotted doodle. This kind of doodling seems to be found often in medieval signatures and also in decorating manuscripts (not the fancy...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Purgatory
Couple of years ago I speculated that the illustration on fol. 79v of the Voynich manuscript may have been inspired by the Purgatory page of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (MS 65, Condé Museum,...
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The Voynich manuscript: Honey
Different interpretations have been offered for the marginalia on fol. 66r of the Voynich manuscript. The text was tempered with and it is hard to tell what was the original message. I'll speculate...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Display in Washington DC
I went to see the Voynich manuscript and all I got for you is this lousy picture...In my defense, the photography was not allowed at the Nov. 11, 2014 event at the Folger Shakespeare library where in...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Kircher's Answer
On June 20, 2013 Minerva Auctions in Rome had an auction. To see the catalog of the event click here . Among the items was a booklet supposedly printed in 1669 in which Athanasius Kircher is analyzing...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Ground Oak
I am adding a new plant id on the list. Proposed originally by Ethel Voynich in 1930s. The drawing on fol. 45v may represent Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys). The word 'germander (chamaedrys)' means...
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The Voynich Manuscript: White Mulberry
I am adding second possibility for VMs fol. 9r - white mulberry (Morus alba) - which is the favorite food of the silkworm (Bombyx mori). The root reminds of fabric and the extensions of the leaves may...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Fleabane
Lori and Russ Hoffman suggested on the VMs list that the drawing on fol. 46r maybe inspired by the Biblical story of the 10 plagues of Egypt. The leaves on the plant appear as if they are blown by wind...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Palm Sunday
While the West celebrates Easter today, the Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates the Palm Sunday, which happens to be my nameday :) Palm Sunday maybe the theme of the drawing on fol. 56r of the Voynich...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Thunder
Among many stars in the Voynich manuscript there is an odd spiky symbol that resembles one found in early 13th century copy of Hildegard von Bingen's Liber Scivias.According to the label this is a...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Winds
Wind diagram maybe part of the rosette on fol. 69r (per JD) of the Voynich manuscript. There is some similarity with the unique wind rosette in Oxford, St. John's College MS 17 (12th century, England,...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Babenberg Family Tree
Among the simple joys of studying the Voynich manuscript is researching castles, flowers, old books and... fashion. Let' take a closer look at the VMs women headdresses. Probably the most weird is...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Eagle
The plant on fol. 46v of the Voynich manuscript has one of the most fascinating roots in the book. D'Imperio describes it as "a bird with spread wings: an eagle!" in An Elegant Enigma. I believe the...
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Arcimboldi
Did Rudolf II have the Voynich manuscript in his library? Look closer at Giuseppe Arcimboldi's Librarian.
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The Voynich manuscript: the Blue Cube
It is known as "the blue cube"in the Voynich manuscript. However, two of the sides of the object seem to be colored in now faded yellow.This makes the object look like a book with blue cover and...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Treviso Arithmetic
There has been a discussion about the dating of the folio numbering of the Voynich manuscript over the years. Some experts suggest the page numbers could have been placed on the parchment as late as...
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