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The Voynich Manuscript: The garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch' Garden of Earthly Delights (see here ) has been referenced in connection with the Voynich manuscript in several books and forums. On first glance, the only things in common are mass...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Missing Codebook
The possibility that the Voynich Manuscript was once accompanied by separate code-book which is now lost is very real (and very disheartening for the text researchers). Example of such cipher during...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Shrubby Cinquefoil
The Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa, syn. Potentilla Fruticosa) may be the plant on fol. 23r of the Voynich Manuscript. Ironically, the shrubby cinquefoil comes with flowers in about every...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Fornovo,Mantua...Parma,Modena and Ferrara
What happened to the book with naked women captured in King Charles VIII tent during the battle of Fornovo 1495? According to Julia Mary Cartwrite Ady in her book Isabella D'Este, Marchioness of Mantua...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Great Pox
The opinions about the meaning of the text on the last page of the Voynich Manuscript (fol.116v) are diverse. The first word of the first line 'pox' has suffered various interpretations - from devil to...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Mastic
The Mastic shrub (Pistacia lentiscus) with its male flowers may be the plant represented on fol. 87v of the Voynich Manuscript. The Mastic gum price in the medieval Europe was close to the price of...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Myrrh and Frankincense
Rene Zandbergen found similarities in the drawings of the Voynich Manuscript with the 14th century French manuscript Manfredus de Monte Imperiali (BNF Latin 6823, visit here ). So the following plant...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Veronica
Saw-leaved speedwell (Veronica austriaca) will be my placeholder for plant id on fol. 26r of the Voynich Manuscript. Unlike Veronica officinalis the leaves are deeply toothed. The artist in the VMs...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Da Vinci's Appendix
I already discussed the possibility that two of the drawings on fol. 77v of the Voynich Manuscript represent the anatomy of the intestines and the appendix (click here). Curiously Leonardo da Vinci...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Le Mystère de la Passion
As you know by now, Jehan Michel Pierrevive, royal physician of Charles VIII, is my favorite suspect for author of the Voynich Manuscript (at least until I find more entertaining idea) in my theory...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Cat's Head
Cat' Head (Tribulus terrestris) is not the perfect match for fol. 90v of the Voynich manuscript, but I'll keep it as placeholder for now, because it reflects my opinion that the flowers in the drawing...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Spanish Flag Lantana
Voynich Manuscript researcher Dana Scott has a really nice id for the plant on fol. 32r of the VMs - Lantana camara (common name Spanish Flag). The leaves match and the yellow petals that crown the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Nettle
Voynich Manuscript plant expert Steve D has interesting proposal for fol. 30v - Nettle (Urtica membranacea). I am adding it as placeholder for this VMs page on my list.
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The Voynich Manuscript: Black Cumin
One of my favorite Edith Sherwood's plant ids is the Roman coriander (Nigella sativa) on fol. 29v. The seeds of the herb (black cumin) are found in tombs of the ancient Egypt (including King Tut's)....
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Stomach
Voynich manuscript researcher Scott Curry came up with brilliant idea and shared it with the VMs list. The proposal is that the nymphs going down the 'waterfall' on fol. 75r are representing letters of...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Torch Ginger
Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior) matches in some aspects the plant on fol. 38r of the Voynich manuscript - with the flowers in the base of the plant with the palm-like leaves above. The torch ginger is...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Frankincense
This is my second try with the Frankincense (Boswellia sacra). This time I will place it on fol. 89v (3) of the Voynich Manuscript. The base of the plant in the drawing is an object in the style of the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Philodendron, Groundsel and Bear Breeches
Dana Scott proposed Philodendron as plant id for fol. 6r of the Voynich Manuscript in 2001. Steve D chose specific one - Philodendron bipinnatifidum. This plant id is probably the best argument for New...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Rampion
Round-headed Rampion (Phyteuma globulariifolium) may be the flower represented on fol. 50v of the Voynich Manuscript. The German common name of the plant Teufelskralle means Devil's claw. The root may...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot
One of my favorite plant ids by Steve D is the Arctic sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus v. palmatus) for fol. 41v of the Voynich manuscript. The detail above the root appears to be antlers of male...
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