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The Voynich Manuscript: Dotted Stars
The stars with circle in the center are curious detail in the Voynich Manuscript.So I decided to create a post where I can pile up medieval examples of such dotted stars.Let's start with couple of...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Anatomy
Here is my attempt to organize my thoughts on possible human anatomy drawings in the Voynich Manuscript.The pictures on fol. 77r of the VMs may represent the aorta, the heart and the four humors of the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Hunting Tapestries
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries are Flemish artworks from the mid-fifteen century. Some costumes of the participants in the hunting event look very similar to the outfit of the archer from the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Decebre
BnF Français 19994 is 15th century French manuscript about medicine ( visit here ) which caught my attention with the way the names of the months in the calendar are spelled. The scribe used the 'open...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Decoration Pattern
Cheryl Lynn Helm discovered decoration pattern in 15th century French manuscript, BnF Français 1745 ( visit here ) that matches one found all over the Voynich manuscript.Quick search gave me couple...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Rolandus Scriptoris
Diane O'Donovan discovered another 15th century image where rows of naked bodies are used to illustrate astrology ( to read her article click here ). It comes from Lisbon, MS 52-XIII-18 ( visit the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Charms
The last page of the Voynich manuscript (fol. 116v) contains text of what appears to be a prayer with words separated by crosses.So I am starting this post with intent to pile up examples of medical...
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The Voynich Manuscript: the Nymphs of Elihu Vedder
Elihu Vedder is an American artist who spent his late years living in Rome. His painting The Pleiades is inscribed: Rome, 1885. The nymphs being pulled towards the stars remind of the women in the...
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The Voynich Manuscript: Boat Root
MS Palatino 586 in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale is 14th-15th century manuscript written in Provencal ( visit here ). Few details caught my eye. Some very 'Voynichese' berries are seen here.Palatino...
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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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