Voynich Manuscript Pictures
Note: Descriptions were taken from the eva interlinear file version 1.6e6 which can be downloaded from here . Possible plant identifications are taken from Dana Scott's extensive work on the subject.
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| f01r |
Identification:
Title: "First page" Page: f1r = AA (Rene) = p001 (Stolfi), Folio: f1, Panels: f1r, Bifolio: bA1 = f1+f8, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier) Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: unknown (text only). Colors: red (Reeds) Description: The page contains four paragraphs (with 4.6, 2.4, 9.5, 5.5 lines, respectively), each followed by a short right-justified title. Paragraphs 2 and 3 begin with big "weirdo" doodles, very unlike normal Voynichese letters. The first (EVA &252) looks like a capital K lying on it side, with the vertical bar at the bottom. The second (EVA &253) looks like the first, with an extra squiggly line rising from between the two "horns". The two symbols are drawn or painted with flaring strokes ending in swallowtail serifs. A 1-inch band along the right margin is heavily stained. There seem to be two or three columns of letters ("key like sequences") in that band, which are barely visible in the reproductions. There is a faint unreadable text at the top of the page, apparently in cursive handwriting. Comments: The page layout suggests four quotes with attributions, or signed endorsements. The faint scribbling at the top must be the signature of Jacobus de Tepenecz, as asserted in many references. Jim Reeds writes [15 Jul 94]: "The erased key on f1r is discussed by Brumbaugh. It seems to have 3 vertical columns of letters. The leftmost is the ordinary alphabet, lower case italic hand, a through z. I could not check for the presence of every letter (I'm not sure about j, for instance) but a, b, c, ... o, p, q, r, s, ... y, z are pretty clear. Next to those are very spotty frags of Voynich letters. I could make out <8> next to a, Brumbaugh reportedly claims that there was a date in the upper right corner of f1r before it was obliterated by the application of chemicals (intended to reveal faded writing). D'Imperio says that the "weirdo" characters EVA &252/&253 are in bright red ink; confirmed by Glen Claston [20 Feb 1998] and Jim Reeds [03 Mar 1998]. Rene [28 Jul 1997] found a medieval astrological diagram [1], in Greek, where EVA &252 is used as a symbol for Aries, which is "kruos" or "kryos" in Greek. Stolfi suggested [07 Aug 1998] that the symbols may be abbreviations for "Koenig" and "KoenigiN" --- i.e. "K" and "K"-with-squiggle. (How desperate can you get?)
f01v
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Identification:
| Title: "Petersen's belladonna" Page: f1v = AB (Rene) = p002 (Stolfi), Folio: f1, Panels: f1v, Bifolio: bA1 = f1+f8, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier), Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds) Description: One plant centered on page. Root: a knobby, warped, pancanke-like tuber with short roots attached like claws or fangs all around the rim. Light color. Stem: thick, well drawn. Light color. Branches: one straight up, two oblique with drooping tips. Leaves: broad lance-shape, with two short tails. Stalk: short. Flowers: one, growing at the tip of the center branch. Stalk: very short. Calyx:conical, continuous with petals. Petals: short rounded,light-colored. Core: hemispherical, dark-colored (could be a berry; see below). Two paragraphs (with 3.8 and 5.8 lines), just below mid-page, left- and right-justified, interrupted by the plant's main stem. Comments: Part of this drawing (root and leaves only) is repeated on Pharma page f102r1[3,2]. The plant looks basically normal, except for the very peculiar root. The leaves of f1v seem most compatible those of Atropa belladonna (shape) and Hyoscyamus niger (attachment to stem), and the "flower" at the top of f1v does resemble the sheathed, shiny black fruits of these two species. However, A.beladonna's root has been described as a roundish rhizome with a long (up to 1m) tapering root, which does not seem to match the highly distinctive "pancake with claws" of f1v. I have found no image or description of the other plants' roots. A very similar root, with quite different leaves, can be seen on another Italian herbal: University of Vermont Library MS 2, fol. 39 (ca. 1500) The medieval text calls that plant "Gran[i]a maggiore". The modern commentary tentatively identifies it with Ecballium elaterium (Squirting Cucumber), However the leaves do not match, and the flower barely so. I have found no image or description of E.elaterium's roots. The plant looks basically normal, except for the very peculiar root. Petersen identifies the plant as "Solanum Solatrium, Belladonna" specifically the "flower". He says: "see L.Fuchs p.398". There is no "Solanum solatrium"; rather, "solatrium" is an ancient (Dioscoridean) name for some or all of these species: Atropa Belladona (deadly nightshade) Hyoscyamus niger (henbane) Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet) and perhaps other somewhat less likely species such as Withania somnifera and Physalis alkekengi. All four plants are poisonous in varying degrees. The active principles can be absorbed by smoking or through the skin as well as by ingestion. They were used as potent psychoactive drugs, causing paralysis of involuntary muscles, dizziness, sleep, hallucinations, violent behavior, etc., and have been often associated with witchcraft.
f02r
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Identification:
| Title: "Petersen's cornflower" Page: f2r = AC (Rene) = p003 (Stolfi), Folio: f2, Panels: f2r, Bifolio: bA2 = f2+f7, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,red (Reeds) Description: One plant centered on page. Root: left-right symmetrical, planar, looking sort of like headless stick man with outstretched arms and gripping hands. Overpainted with dark color. Stem: short and thin. Branches: two main ones, almost upright, slightly bent. Irregular thickness, awkward shape (cf. top right leaf). Light-clored with a dark vein grossly painted along the middle. Leaves: Dark overpaint, shaped like a triangular fan with five lanceolated fingers. Stalk: medium length, looks like a branch. Flowers: three, on tip of main branch. Stalk: longish, looks like a branch. Chalyx: an oblong oval swelling at end of stalk, partial dark overpaint. Petals: many, narrow and long; the flower looks like a shaving brush. Core: hidden by petals. Two paragraphs (with 6.4 and 5.4 lines), left- and rightjustified: one at the top, slightly narrower, interrupted by three flowers; and one near the bottom, interrupted by two branches. Comments: The root looks rather strange, the stems and leaves are somewhat awkward, but the flowers look normal. Petersen tentative identification is "cyanus segetum, cornflower (caeruleus) (cf 153)". That must be Centaurea_cyanus (cornflower,fiodaliso;bluet,kornblume) The flower shape and branching pattern seem to match fairly well. However, those features are not very specific. [What about color?] Also, the leaves of Centaurea cyanus are long and thin, with smooth edges or a few very shallow teeth, attached directly to the stem; quite unlike those of f2r. Infusions of Centaurea cyanus were once used as a febrifugue (whole plant) and eye wash (flowers only).
f02v
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Identification:
| Title: "Water lily" Page: f2v = AD (Rene) = p004 (Stolfi), Folio: f2, Panels: f2v, Bifolio: bA2 = f2+f7, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green (Reeds) Description: One plant centered on page. Root: long straight rhizome, covered with scales or round stalk scars. Stem: single, vertical, slightly bent, shooting out from middle of rhizome; dark painted. Branches: there is the stub of a lost branch at mid-stalk. Leaves: a single large leaf, horizontal, shaped like a very fat C, with smooth rim. Painted solid dark. Stalk: short. Flowers: one white flower, pointing almost straight up. Stalk: long, light colored, with a darker vein; part of it obscured by leaf which should be behind it. Chalyx: well-drawn, with thick tongue-shaped sepals, light colored. Petals: well-drawn, flaring, lily shaped, serrated edges, white underpaint. Core: not visible. Stamen: long, with a few short hairs. Two paragraphs (with lines, respectively), left- and right-justified: one at the top, interrupted by the single flower, and one just below mid-page, interrupted by the main stem. Comments: The plant looks quite natural and well-drawn. Presumably, the flower stem was in front of the leaf in the original drawing; but the dark overpaint covered it. The original outline of the leaf may have been obscured, too. The leaf shape suggests it is a water plant. With that assumption, the choices are quite few. Rene suggested: Nymphaea candida (a.k.a. Nymphaea alba; water lily, seerose)
f03r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f3r = AE (Rene) = p005 (Stolfi), Folio: f3, Panels: f3r, Bifolio: bA3 = f3+f6, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,red (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the right margin. Roots: a bunch of unbranched tentacle-like roots radiating from the stem's base. Light colored, partial dark overpaint. Stem: rather thick, bent. Light colored, dark overpainted stripe (shadow) along its left side. Branches: none. Leaves: lance-shaped with an S bend, very dense, growing straight off the stem on both sides, each partially covering the previous one. Stem ends with one unpaired leaf. Light colored, with a dark-painted shadow on the bottom of each leaf, and a dotted line just inside the leaf's rim. Flowers: none. Four paragraphs (with 9.5, 3.5, 2.7, and 2.8 lines): a longer one at the top, and three short ones just below mid-page. The first two are left-justified and follow the plant's outline on the right. The last two are left- and right-justified, and interrupted by the main stem. Comments: The plant looks strange because of the dense leaves Perhaps they are actually the sheaths of leafstalks, badly drawn? Perhaps the dots along the leaf rim are short spines?
f03v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f3v = AF (Rene) = p006 (Stolfi), Folio: f3, Panels: f3v, Bifolio: bA3 = f3+f6, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b,green,red (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the bottom and right margins of the page. Root: single long root, consisting of six "telescoping" conical segments, dark painted, with flat light-painted top. Tip of root is bent into a hook and ends with a small round knob. Stem: long, straight, vertical, with a dark "shadow" stripe crudely painted along its length. Branches: none. Leaves: paired, disk shaped with two "tails", two "arms", and a swallowtail-shaped "head", with long outward-curved tips. Stalks: medium length, thin. Flowers: two, very unequal size, growing out of the tip of the stem. Stalks: short, thin, like leaf stalks. Calyx: heavy, swollen, shaped like a sweet potato cut in half, dark painted. Petals: single row, light, semicircular, very small. Core: flat, light-colored, filled with dots; looks like a pepper shaker. Two paragraphs (with 6.0 and 7.5 lines), both in the top half of the page. The text is left-justified and follows the plant outline on the right. Comments: The plant looks quite strange. The telescoping root is hard to explain. The leaf shape is unusual but not impossible. The bloated flower chalices are very strange; they may have been drawn from pressed and dried specimens.
f04r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f4r = AG (Rene) = p007 (Stolfi), Folio: f4, Panels: f4r, Bifolio: bA4 = f4+f5, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,red (Reeds) Description: One plant, mostly in the right half of the page. Two paragraphs (with 3.8 and 8.6 lines), both above mid-page. The first is left- and right-justified, and interrupted once by the flowers; the second is left-justified and follows the plant's outline on the right. Comments: Plant appearance: very normal, exceptionally well-drawn. The layout of leaves and flowers is very naturalistic. The "dark painter" apparently spared it.
f04v |
Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f4v = AH (Rene) = p008 (Stolfi), Folio: f4, Panels: f4v, Bifolio: bA4 = f4+f5, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier), Subject: herbal Colors: brown,green,blue (Reeds) Description: One plant, mostly in the right half of the page. Two paragraphs, both above mid-page. The first is left- and right-justified; the second is left-justified, and follows the plant's profile on the right. Comments: Plant appearance: very, very odd, badly drawn. It seems to have two types of leaves. The lower ones are too small, badly spaced and badly proportioned, and in unnatural positions. The upper ones look like pompoms. The root has a strange, ungainly shape (but that may be the work of the Dark Painter). The stems have uneven and unnatural thickness. This drawing is almost certainly an expanded version of plant f101r1. The Bluebell of Scotland. A very beautiful flower, Campanula rotundifolia. (D. Scott)
f05r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f5r = AI (Rene) = p009 (Stolfi), Folio: f5, Panels: f5r, Bifolio: bA4 = f4+f5, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,b (Reeds) Description: One plant, horizontally centered, reaching only 3/4 up the page. Root: five unbranched roots, mostly horizontal. Each root looks like an earthworm, light-colored with a few dark dots, with a short and fat swelling about 4/5 of the way to the tip. Stalk: straight, vertical, slightly tapered, uncolored(?). Leaves: a single ring of large, lance shaped leaves, closely spaced, attached mid-stem with no stalks. The leaves curl down in a semicircle, like an umbrella, until they almost touch the stem again; their thin tips curl further into hooks. Dark overpaint. Flowers: one, at tip of stem, pointing up. Stalk: medium, thin, uncolored(?); extension of stem. Chalix: thimble-shaped, partial dark overpaint. Petals: long, hair like, drooping. Core: hemispherical, like a bubble. Two paragraphs (with 3.6 and 2.5 lines), both above the plant, left- and right-justified. Comments: The plant looks very strange but not impossible. The oddest details are the position of the tubers, the shape and disposition of the leaves, their curled tips, the "shaggy dog" flower.
f05v
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Identification:
| Title: "Tennis racket plant" Page: f5v = AJ (Rene) = p010 (Stolfi), Folio: f5, Panels: f5v, Bifolio: bA4 = f4+f5, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier), Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,b (Reeds) Description: One branching plant that takes up the lower 3/4 of the page. Root: two dark-painted potato-shaped tubers next to the stem, with a few medium-length "mousetail" roots shooting from them. Stem: straight and vertical, light under(?)color, with a fantastic loop at the top. The stem's base is wrapped with a short uncolored sheath. Branches: several, diagonal, mostly straight. Leaves: four lobes with serrated edges, naturalistically curved. each lobe has a central vein. Stalks: medium-short, thin, look like branches. Light coulored, many of them with crudely overpainted dark splotches. Flowers: several, medium-small, mostly upright, some drooping. Stalk: short, sometimes bent by weight. Chalyx: rounded, light colored, like a rose's but on the fat side. Sepals: short and pointed, light colored. Petals: half a dozen, small, tongue-shaped, spread out; dark overpaint almost but not quite fills their outline. One paragraph (5.5 lines) above the plant, left- and right-justified. Comments: The characteristics of Agrimonia eupatoria compare well to the plant drawing a f05v, except for the mysterious loop in the VMS drawing that looks somewhat like the eye of a needle. Maybe it is a purposeful illusion or change in the shape of the plant, but I doubt that it is a mistake in the drawing. Both the flowers and the leaves look very good. The root base and stem loop are a bit of a concern. Maybe this is an unidentified subspecies, but it looks pretty close to the drawing. (D. Scott).
f06r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f6r = AK (Rene) = p011 (Stolfi), Folio: f6, Panels: f6r, Bifolio: bA5 = f3+f6, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier), Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,tan (Reeds) Description: One plant, that takes up most of the right and bottom halves of the page. One long paragraph (14 lines) at the top, left justified. The first three lines are right-justified, the rest follows the plant's profiel on the right. The first six lines are interrupted by a flower or pod. Comments: It is not clear whether pods or flowers are represented here.
f06v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f6v = AL (Rene) = p012 (Stolfi), Folio: f6, Panels: f6v, Bifolio: bA5 = f3+f6, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier), Subject: herbal Colors: green,b (Reeds) Description: One plant, that takes up most of the right half of the page. Two paragraphs (4.8 and 15.8 lines) at the top, left-justified, ending at mid-page. The first is right-justified too, and two of its lines are interrupted by a flower. The second follows the plant's outline on the right. Comments: Possibly Wooly thistle, Cirsium eriophorum? (D.Scott)
f07r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f7r = AM (Rene) = p013 (Stolfi), Folio: f7, Panels: f7r, Bifolio: bA2 = f2+f7, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds) Description: One plant with no leaves and a single huge flower, spanning the entire height and width of the page. Root: a short, vertical, cylindrical stem that splits into two almost horizontal mousetails. Stem: straight, vertical. Branches: none. Leaves: none. Flowers: a single flower at the tip of the stem. Stalk: not visible, or indistinguishable from stem. Chalyx: eight symmetrical sepals, shaped like long parabolas. Corolla: four layers, of decreasing sizes, each having four symmetric petals, located diagonally with respect to the previous layer. Core: none. Two paragraphs (with 4.3 lines and 4.5 lines), both left- and right-justified: one at the top, interrupted by the flower; one just below mid-page, interrupted by the main stem. Comments: Petersen has identified this plant with high confidence as Nymphaea alba (white water lily, seerose) There is indeed a good match in the shape and arrangement of the petals and sepals. Also, the lack of leaves and branches in f7v is plausibly explained by the fact that Nymphaea's flowers float on the water's surface, and thus may have been hidden from the artist's view. But if f7v is Nymphaea alba, then what do we make of f2v?
f07v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f7v = AN (Rene) = p014 (Stolfi), Folio: f7, Panels: f7v, Bifolio: bA2 = f2+f7, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green (Reeds) Description: One plant, spanning from the bottom edge to 3/4 of the way to the top. Two paragraphs (with 4.5 and 3.9 lines) at the top, left- and right-justified. The last three lines of the second paragraph are interrupted by the plant's flowers. Comments: Possibly a variety of Polygonum or Persicaria with its conspicuous dot on the leaves. The inflorescent flower buds appear correct and there is a sheath called an ocreas in Polygonum which may be what can be seen at the base of the plant shoot in the VMS drawing for f07v. What seems difficult to locate, however, are species with hairy leaves. (D. Scott)
f08r
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Identification:
| Title: "The Bat-Plant" Page: f8r = AO (Rene) = p015 (Stolfi), Folio: f8, Panels: f8r, Bifolio: bA1 = f1+f8, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green (Reeds) Description: One plant with a single, big, odd-shaped leaf and a "collar" around its stem, horizontally centered and spanning the page vertically from edge to edge. Three paragraphs (with 6.5, 3.6, 6.6 lines), left- and right-justified and interrupted by the plant's stem, fill up the bottom 3/4 of the page. Each paragraph is followed by a right-justified two-word title. Comments: The plant is very strange, both for the leaf shape and for the "collar" around the stem. Perhaps it is a mushroom (e.g. Amanita), which the artist mistook for a plant and tried to draw as such? The text format too is quite unusual, both in its length and in the presence of titles.
f08v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f8v = AP (Rene) = p016 (Stolfi), Folio: f8, Panels: f8v, Bifolio: bA1 = f1+f8, Quire: A (Rene) = I (Beinecke), Quire A, last page Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,b (Reeds) Description: One plant, spanning top to bottom, slightly offset to the left. Two paragraphs (with 10.1 and 5.3 lines), left- and right-justified: one next to the top margin, one next to the bottom margin, both interrupted by the plant. There is a mark in the SE corner, resembling "^pm9" ("^" over the "p"), with thick strokes. Comments: The mark in the SE corner is almost surely the quire number, "1st" in abbreviated Latin.
f09r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f9r = BA (Rene) = p017 (Stolfi), Folio: f9, Panels: f9r, Bifolio: bB1 = f9+f16, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green (Reeds) Description: One plant flush against the right margin, spanning the page vertically edge to edge, with branches and roots that take up the bottom 2/3 of the page. Two paragraphs (with 5 and 3.9 lines), left- and right-justified. Both are interrupted by the plant's flower head. The second paragraph is followed by a centered title-like line which may be the true last line of the paragraph. Comments: The unusual shape of the leaves should make the plant easy to identify.
f09v
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Identification:
| Title: "Viola tricolor" Page: f9v = BB (Rene) = p018 (Stolfi), Folio: f9, Panels: f9v, Bifolio: bB1 = f9+f16, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the right and bottom edges, reaching almost to the top. Root: a bundle of thin wires. Dark overpaint? Stem: one straight. Light color. Branches: two symmetrical pairs, oblique. Leaves: the four lower ones are medium width, lance-shaped, with smooth edges; the others have the same outline but are deeply cut into five narrow points. Dark color. Stalk: short, mostly missing. Flowers: five, at the tips of stem and branches. Stalk: medium length, thin. Chalyx: flat or everted, with short triangular sepals, partly hidden by corolla. Petals: five rounded petals, a large one on top, the others like "arms and legs". Core: very small. Medium and dark colors. Two paragraphs (with 3.7 and 7.7 lines) at the top, left-justified. The first one is right-justified; the second one follows the plant's profile on the right. Both are interrupted in several places by the flowers and leaves. Comments: Petersen identifies this plant, with high confidence, as "Viola trinitalis". I coudn't find such species, but "herba trinitatis" is the herbalists' name for Viola tricolor (heartsease,wild pansy) [1,2,3]. Indeed, comparing f9v with a drawing by Carl Lindman [1], we see an almost perfect match --- including the roots, and the two types of leaves. Dennis Mardle [10 Oct 1998] observes that the details match also Viola arvensis (field pansy), which hybridises with V. tricolor and is very similar in shape, including especially the dimorphic leaves [1,4]. The colors may help resolve this issue. The flowers of Viola tricolor are usually purple and white with yellow core; Lindman's drawing shows V. arvensis as white (or light blue?) with yellow core. Jim Reeds color list [03 Mar 1998] reports some blue on this page, to be confirmed. In either case, there is one odd detail: the flowers in f9v are upside-down. Also the two bottom flowers are somewhat different. Viola tricolor was used internally to treat epilepsy, asthma and bronchitis (whole plant), as an emetic and purgative (seeds) and as a heart tonic (flowers). Externally it was used to treat skin diseases [2]. The flowers are reported to be edible.
f10r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f10r = BC (Rene) = p019 (Stolfi), Folio: f10, Panels: f10r, Bifolio: bB2 = f10+f15, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b,green,red (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the right and bottom edges, reaching almost to the top. Two paragraphs (with 4.4 and 6.8 lines) at the top. They are left- and right-justified, except for the last four lines of paragraph 2, which follow the plan'ts outline on the right. Paragraph 2 is interrupted by the flower stalk.
f10v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f10v = BD (Rene) = p020 (Stolfi), Folio: f10, Panels: f10v, Bifolio: bB2 = f10+f15, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke), Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the bottom edge and the right margin, reaching 2/3 of the way to the top. Two paragraphs (with 2.6 and 3.8 lines) at the top, left- and right-justified, ending just above the plant.
f11r
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Identification:
| Title: "Spiny carrots" Page: f11r = BE (Rene) = p021 (Stolfi), Folio: f11, Panels: f11r, Bifolio: bB3 = f11+f14, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b,green (Reeds) Description: Three plants with entwined leaves and carrot-like roots, which take up the bottom 3/4 of the page. Two paragraphs (with 3.5 and 2.4 lines) at the top, left- and right-justified. Comments: The plants look like carrot plants, but the "carrots" are covered with spines or barbs, pointing up(!) and two of the leaves seem to be shared by two plants(!!). Possibly a variety of parsley (D.Scott).
f11v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f11v = BF (Rene) = p022 (Stolfi), Folio: f11, Panels: f11v, Bifolio: bB3 = f11+f14, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,brown (Reeds) Description: One large plant, flush against the right edge and spanning from the top to the bottom. One paragraph (with 5.6 lines), just below mid-page, left- and right-justified, interrupted by the plant's twin stem.
f12r,f12v
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Folio 12 is missing in the original.
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f13r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f13r = BG (Rene) = p023 (Stolfi), Folio: f13, Panels: f13r, Bifolio: bB4 = f12+f13, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,brown,green (Reeds)
f13v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f13v = BH (Rene) = p024 (Stolfi), Folio: f13, Panels: f13v, Bifolio: bB4 = f12+f13, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds)
f14r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f14r = BI (Rene) = p025 (Stolfi), Folio: f14, Panels: f14r, Bifolio: bB3 = f11+f14, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,red (Reeds)
f14v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f14v = BJ (Rene) = p026 (Stolfi), Folio: f14, Panels: f14v, Bifolio: bB3 = f11+f14, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue (Reeds)
f15r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f15r = BK (Rene) = p027 (Stolfi), Folio: f15, Panels: f15r, Bifolio: bB2 = f10+f15, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue (Reeds)
f15v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f15v = BL (Rene) = p028 (Stolfi), Folio: f15, Panels: f15v, Bifolio: bB2 = f10+f15, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f16r
| (B/W) f16r (Color)
Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f16r = BM (Rene) = p029 (Stolfi) Folio: f16 Panels: f16r Bifolio: bB1 = f9+f16 Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,tan (Reeds) Description: One plant, spanning from bottom edge to top margin, flush against the right margin. Three paragraphs (with 2.9, 4.2, and 3.7 lines) at the top, left-justified. The first two lines of paragraph 1 are right-justified and interrupted by the plant's flower. Paragraph 1 is followed by a short title, which may be just a part of the paragraph.
f16v
| (B/W) f16v,f17r (color)
Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f16v = BN (Rene) = p030 (Stolfi), Folio: f16, Panels: f16v, Bifolio: bB1 = f9+f16, Quire: B (Rene) = II (Beinecke), Quire B, last page Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,blue (Reeds) Description: One plant, occupying the right half of the page, spanning from top to bottom edges. Two paragraphs (with 6.0 and 6.8 lines) at the top, left-justified and following the plant's outline on the right. There is a mark at the SE corner, not fully visible in the image. Comments: The mark at the SE corner is almost surely the quire number, "2nd" in abbreviated Latin.
f17r
| (B/W) f16v,f17r (color)
Identification:
| Title: "Roots with eyes" Page: f17r = CA (Rene) = p031 (Stolfi), Folio: f17, Panels: f17r, Bifolio: bC1 = f17+f24, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke), First page of quire. Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b,green (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the right margin, spanning from the bottom edge to a little below the top margin. Three paragraphs (with 2.6, 2.5, 5.5 lines) at the top, left- and right-justified except for the last paragraph (which follows the plant's outline on the right), extending down to mid-page. Paragraph 3 may actually be two paragraphs (with 2.9 and 2.5 lines). There is one extra line of text above the top margin (unit f17r.H), apparently not in the same hand as the rest of the page. The letters are smaller than normal; some of them resemble Voynichese characters and others look more like Latin. One of the legible characters is an EVA "y" with macron; another, less legible, could be an EVA "r". The right half of the line is almost completely erased, and may extend beyond the normal right margin; the left half is not quite readable. Comments: The extra line of text at the top of the page looks similar to the hand of f116v (especially the characters shaped like "l"s). The letters are probably Latin, or possibly Greek; the EVA-"y" with macron would then be an abbreviation. The eyes in the roots seem to be the result of "enhancing" two eye-like gaps in the roots. Extraneous writing at the top (almost certainly not Voynichese).
f17v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f17v = CB (Rene) = p032 (Stolfi), Folio: f17, Panels: f17v, Bifolio: bC1 = f17+f24, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green (Reeds) Comments: Possibly 'Polygonum convolvulus' (Wild Buckwheat)? (D.Scott)
f18r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f18r = CC (Rene) = p033 (Stolfi), Folio: f18, Panels: f18r, Bifolio: bC2 = f18+f23, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: b,red (Reeds) Description: Has two paragraphs of text. The first one is followed by a title. The second may be followed too, but what do we know...
f18v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f18v = CD (Rene) = p034 (Stolfi), Folio: f18, Panels: f18v, Bifolio: bC2 = f18+f23, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red (Reeds)
f19r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f19r = CE (Rene) = p035 (Stolfi), Folio: f19, Panels: f19r, Bifolio: bC3 = f19+f22, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,tan (Reeds)
f19v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f19v = CF (Rene) = p036 (Stolfi), Folio: f19, Panels: f19v, Bifolio: bC3 = f19+f22, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,brown (Reeds) Description: Has two paragraphs; the second one is followed by a title. Perhaps the first one is too.
f20r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f20r = CG (Rene) = p037 (Stolfi), Folio: f20, Panels: f20r, Bifolio: bC4 = f20+f21, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,red (Reeds)
f20v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f20v = CH (Rene) = p038 (Stolfi), Folio: f20, Panels: f20v, Bifolio: bC4 = f20+f21, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue (Reeds)
f21r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f21r = CI (Rene) = p039 (Stolfi), Folio: f21, Panels: f21r, Bifolio: bC4 = f20+f21, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f21v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f21v = CJ (Rene) = p040 (Stolfi), Folio: f21, Panels: f21v, Bifolio: bC4 = f20+f21, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,blue (Reeds)
f22r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f22r = CK (Rene) = p041 (Stolfi), Folio: f22, Panels: f22r, Bifolio: bC3 = f19+f22, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,b (Reeds)
f22v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f22v = CL (Rene) = p042 (Stolfi), Folio: f22, Panels: f22v, Bifolio: bC3 = f19+f22, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,brown (Reeds) Description: Has at least a title at the bottom. Perhaps there are more in between.
f23r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f23r = CM (Rene) = p043 (Stolfi), Folio: f23, Panels: f23r, Bifolio: bC2 = f18+f23, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,tan (Reeds)
f23v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f23v = CN (Rene) = p044 (Stolfi), Folio: f23, Panels: f23v, Bifolio: bC2 = f18+f23, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,chartreuse,brown (Reeds)
f24r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f24r = CO (Rene) = p045 (Stolfi) Folio: f24, Panels: f24r, Bifolio: bC1 = f17+f24, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f24v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f24v = CP (Rene) = p046 (Stolfi), Folio: f24, Panels: f24v, Bifolio: bC1 = f17+f24, Quire: C (Rene) = III (Beinecke), Quire C, last page Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,brown (Reeds) Description: There is a mark at SE corner, in thick strokes, resembling a "39". Comments: The mark at the SE corner is almost certainly the quire number, "3rd" in abbreviated latin.
f25r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f25r = DA (Rene) = p047 (Stolfi) Folio: f25 Panels: f25r Bifolio: bD1 = f25+f32 Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,dark-red (Reeds)
f25v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f25v = DB (Rene) = p048 (Stolfi), Folio: f25, Panels: f25v, Bifolio: bD1 = f25+f32, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier) Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f26r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f26r = DC (Rene) = p049 (Stolfi), Folio: f26, Panels: f26r, Bifolio: bD2 = f26+f31, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: B (Currier), Hand: 2 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,blue (Reeds)
f26v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f26v = DD (Rene) = p050 (Stolfi), Folio: f26, Panels: f26v Bifolio: bD2 = f26+f31, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: B (Currier), Hand: 2 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds)
f27r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f27r = DE (Rene) = p051 (Stolfi), Folio: f27, Panels: f27r Bifolio: bD3 = f27+f30, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: brown,green (Reeds)
f27v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f27v = DF (Rene) = p052 (Stolfi), Folio: f27, Panels: f27v Bifolio: bD3 = f27+f30, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,red,brown (Reeds) Comments: I believe that the plant in folio f27v is a drawing of Tagetes patula, French Marigold. The marigold flower comes in many different shapes and sizes; however, there are sufficient correlations to the French Marigold flower to warrant merit here. (D. Scott)
f28r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f28r = DG (Rene) = p053 (Stolfi), Folio: f28, Panels: f28r Bifolio: bD4 = f28+f29, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,tan (Reeds)
f28v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f28v = DH (Rene) = p054 (Stolfi), Folio: f28, Panels: f28v Bifolio: bD4 = f28+f29, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds) Comments: I am quite confident that the VMS plant drawing (with radiant sun flower) in f28v represents Dahlia (probably D. imperialis). This particular Dahlia flower shape is referred to as Semi-Cactus Dahlia. In some locations Dahlia is referred to as Georgina. Dahlia was named after the Swedish Botanist Andreas Dahl (1751-1789), a student under Linnaeus. (D.Scott)
f29r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f29r = DI (Rene) = p055 (Stolfi), Folio: f29, Panels: f29r Bifolio: bD4 = f28+f29, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,blue (Reeds)
f29v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f29v = DJ (Rene) = p056 (Stolfi), Folio: f29, Panels: f29v Bifolio: bD4 = f28+f29, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: green,blue (Reeds)
f30r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f30r = DK (Rene) = p057 (Stolfi), Folio: f30, Panels: f30r, Bifolio: bD3 = f27+f30, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Comments:
f30v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f30v = DL (Rene) = p058 (Stolfi), Folio: f30, Panels: f30v, Bifolio: bD3 = f27+f30, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: tan (Reeds) Comments: Possibly Filipendula ulmaria? (Meadowsweet) (D.Scott)
f31r
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f31r = DM (Rene) = p059(Stolfi), Folio: f31, Panels: f31r, Bifolio: bD2 = f26+f31, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: B (Currier), Hand: 2 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: tan,red,brown,green (Reeds) Comments:
f31v
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Identification:
| Title: ??? Page: f31v = DN (Rene) = p060 (Stolfi), Folio: f31, Panels: f31v, Bifolio: bD2 = f26+f31, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: B (Currier), Hand: 2 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: brown (Reeds) Comments: Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) appears to be a very nice match for f31v. The flowers are clustered into a corymb inflorescence at the top of the plant. The two flowers/fruit on the left side of the drawing present a potential problem and need closer scrutiny. Though I am not yet certain, they may be enlarged (zoomed) views of flowers from the corymb. If this proves not to be the case, then the Yarrow identification of the plant may be invalid. (D. Scott)
f32r
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| Title: ??? Page: f32r = DO (Rene) = p061 (Stolfi), Folio: f32, Panels: f32r Bifolio: bD1 = f25+f32, Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,tan (Reeds) Comments:
f32v
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| Title: ??? Page: f32v = DP (Rene) = p??? (Stolfi), Folio: f32, Panels: f32v Bifolio: bD1 = f25+f32 Quire: D (Rene) = IV (Beinecke) Attributes: Language: A (Currier), Hand: 1 (Currier) Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Comments: There is a thick marking at the SE corner, resembling a "4" with superscript "g". The mark at the SE corner is almost certainly the quire number ("4th") in abbreviated Latin.
f33v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan,blue (Reeds)
f33v,f34r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f33v Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan,blue (Reeds) Title: ??? Panels: f34r Subject: herbal Colors: green,blue,red-brown (Reeds) Comments: The flower comparison to Astrantia major (Masterwort) looks quite good here; however, the leaves may not be correct. (D. Scott)
f34v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,brown (Reeds) Comments: Possibly 'Tree of Life'? (D.Scott)
f35v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,red (Reeds)
f36v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f37v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,red,green (Reeds) Comments: Here are two plant species (fedtschenkoi and englerii) from the same Genus (Kalanchoe) that appear to be good candidates for the plant in f37v. These plants are from Madagascar, not South America. Knowing when they were first discovered would be of interest. These botanical suggestions of course need further examination and analysis, but they do look like strong possibilities. (D. Scott)
f38v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,tan,green (Reeds)
f39v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,b (Reeds)
f40v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: red (Reeds) Comments: There is a mark at the SE corner, resembling a "7" (uncrossed, with upturned serif on the top stroke) with a superscript "cg". The mark at the SE corner is almost surely a quire number, a digit with a Latin abbreviation. Epiphyllum oxypetalum has an exotic flower that blooms at night. While this is not an exact match to the flower seen in f40v, there are enough similarities to warrant further investigation into related succulents. (D. Scott)
f41v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,b (Reeds)
f42v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: tan,green (Reeds)
f43r |
| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: tan,red,blue (Reeds)
f43v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,green,tan (Reeds)
f44r |
| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,green,red (Reeds)
f44v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,tan (Reeds)
f45v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,green,tan (Reeds)
f46v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,blue,red,tan (Reeds) Comments: The younger, not yet fully blossomed, flowers of Tanacetum parthenium (also known as Chrysanthmum parthenium) and Tanacetum vulgare match nicely to f46v. The shape of the leaves is less convincing, but perhaps not impossible. (D.Scott)
f47r |
| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: red,green,red (Reeds) Comments: It turns out that the botanical drawing in f47r appears to be somewhat easy to identify. There seems to be very little doubt about the identity of this plant. It is most likely Alchemilla vulgaris (Rosaceae), also known as Lady's mantle (after Our Lady the Virgin Mary), lion's foot, bear's foot, leontopodium, Pied-de-Lion, and Frauenmantle. (D. Scott)
f47v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: b,red (Reeds) Comments: Arnica montana appears to be a very good match for f47v in the VMS. My only concern is that the flowers in the VMS show fewer petals than the pictures that I have found. (D. Scott).
f48v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,tan (Reeds) Comments: There is a marking at the SE corner, resembling a "6" with a superscript "cg". The mark at the SE corner is almost certainly the quire number,"6th" in abbreviated Latin. There seems to be a faint image to the left of the leftmost flower. It is neither an imprint from f47v nor a bleedthrough from f48v.
f49r |
| Title: "Snake roots" Subject: herbal Colors: blue,red,green,yellow (Reeds) Comments: A large plant, flush against the right and bottom edges, and reaching almost to the top margin. Tunneling through the tubers are two animals that could be snakes or earthworms: legless, with long, sinuous bodies ending with a rounded tail. Their head resembles that of a sea horse, and both have a row of dots along the back.
f49v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Description: One plant, flush against the right edge of the page, spanning it vertically from edge to edge. The top 3/4 of the page are occupied by three paragraphs of text (with 13.0, 3.5, 8.5 lines), flush against the top and left margins. To the left of each text line there is a single symbol, 26 in total, most of them being Voynich letters. Further to the left of this column of symbols, on lines 2 thru 6 only, there are ordinary numerals "1" thru "5".
f50v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Comments: 'Telopea speciosissima', also known as Waratah in Australia, is a wonderful match for the f50v botanical drawing in the VMS. (D.Scott)
f51v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green,yellow (Reeds)
f52r |
| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,brown,green (Reeds)
f52v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f54v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,red,green (Reeds) Comments: 'Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet Nightshade)? (D.Scott)
f55v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: green,blue,tan (Reeds) Comments: Veltheimia bracteata (Forest Lily) from South Africa is a very good match for the botanical drawing in f55v. It is also known as Cape Lily. (D. Scott)
f56r |
| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: yellow,blue,green (Reeds)
f56v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: red(blotch),blue,green (Reeds) Comments: There is a mark in the SE corner, resembling a capital lambda with superscript "mj" The mark in the SE corner is almost surely the quire number, "7th": the "lambda" is a "7", and the "j" in the superscript is actually an EVA "y" with macron, a scribal abbreviation for "-us". f57v |
| Title: "The 4 times 17 sequence" Panels: f57v Subject: cosmological Colors: tan (Reeds)
f58r |
| Title: ??? Subject: stars Colors: yellow(stars) (Reeds) Comments: There are three stars in the left margin, with 6, 7, and 7 points, respectively. Each star is positioned just above the corresponding paragraph. The last two stars have a small circular core.
f58v |
| Title: ??? Subject: stars Comments: Text only
f65v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Comments: One plant with many roots, branches and flowers, stretching to all four edges of the page.
f66r |
| Title: "Three-column table" Subject: unknown (text only) Comments: The text is laid out in 3 columns. For each line: The left-most column contains either a single Voynich ``word'' or is blank. The middle column contains a single single ``character'' or a ligature. The right column contains a line of what appears to be normal Voynich text. In the top right hand corner there is a number "66" in ordinary numerals.
f66v
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,yellow,brown (Reeds) Comments: One plant occupies the bottom 2/3 of the page. There is a mark in the SE corner, resembling "8" with superscript "ug". The mark in the SE corner is almost surely the quire number, "8th" in abbreviated Latin.
f67r |
| Title: Circular diagram/sun in center Panels: f67r1 Subject: astronomical Colors: blue,red,yellow (Reeds) Comments: The page is dominated by a circular diagram, surmounted by a single paragraph of text (4 lines). In the SE corner there is a mark resembling a "9" with "ng" superscript. The central face probably represents the moon. The mark in the SE corner is almost certainly the quire number, "9th" in abbreviated Latin.
f68r |
| Title: "Sun over Moon" Panels: f68r1 Subject: astronomical Colors: yellow(most_stars),blue(some_stars) (Reeds) Comments: The two medallions presumably represent the Sun and Moon.
f69r |
| Title: ??? Subject: cosmological Colors: green-blue(pipes),yellow(stars) (Reeds) Comments: The page contains a circular diagram, under a single paragraph (unit "P") with 3.9 lines.
f70v,71r |
| Title: "Aries dark" Panels: f70v1 Subject: zodiac Colors: green(touches),yellow(touches) (Reeds) Title: "Aries light" Panels: f71r Subject: zodiac
f70v2 |
| Title: "Pisces" Subject: zodiac Colors: green,blue,red(sparingly,mouths),yellow(stars) (Reeds)
f71v |
| Title: "Taurus light" Panels: f71v Subject: zodiac Colors: red(lots),green(some) (Reeds) Comments: Three concentric rings of text, bounded by faint mechanically drawn circles. A wider gap in the outer ring at 10:30 may be the starting place. In the centre is a horned animal feeding from a manger. Below the bull is the word ``May'' in the Roman alphabet.
f72r1 |
| Title: "Taurus dark" Panels: f72r1 Subject: zodiac Colors: dark-red,green(little),yellow(stars) (Reeds) Comments: Three concentric rings of text, bounded by faint mechanically drawn circles. There is no obvious starting place. In the centre is a horned animal feeding from a manger. Below the bull is the word ``May'' in the Roman alphabet.
f72r2 |
| Title: "Gemini" Panels: f72r2 Subject: zodiac Colors: green,blue(dress_on_center) (Reeds) Comments: Three concentric rings of text, bounded by faint mechanically drawn circles. A short radial stroke at 10:30 in the inner ring may be the starting place.
f72r3 |
| Title: "Cancer" Panels: f72r3, f72r4 Subject: zodiac Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: The two lobsters are probably a symbol for Cancer. Cancer is July 7 to August 11 (?). Note the switch from two bands of nymphs + overflow (as in f72r2) to three bands of figures. The decorated square suggests the text rings are to be read starting at 09:00 or so.
f72v1 |
| Title: "Libra" Panels: f72v1 Subject: zodiac Colors: yellow(stars) (Reeds) Comments: The scale is the standard symbol for the sign of Libra. The stroke at 08:30, if original, suggests that the text should be read starting from there. The way f72v3 overlaps f72v2 indicates that they were drawn in that order. The drawing of the balance is very accurate in all details, in spite of the relatively crude perspective and technique. It looks as if the author was very familiar with the instrument. I suspect that the model may be more appropriate for a druggist than for a grocer.
f72v2 |
| Title: "Virgo" Panels: f72v2 Subject: zodiac Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: The gaps at 09:30 suggest the text should be read starting from there. The way f72v3 overlaps f72v2 indicates that they were drawn in that order.
f72v3 |
| Title: "Leo" Panels: f72v4, f72v3 Subject: zodiac Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: Three concentric rings of text, deimited by six faint mechanically drawn circles. The outer and inner rings have wider word gaps at 08:45. (The middle ring crosses a fold at that point). The animal at the center is probably a lion, the astrological symbol for Leo.
f73r |
| Title: "Scorpio" Panels: f73r Subject: zodiac Colors: green(center),yellow(stars),red(lips,some_mouths) (Reeds) Comments: Six faint, mostly concentric, mechanically drawn circles delimit three rings of text. There seem to be no distinguished break in the text.
f73v |
| Title: "Sagittarius" Panels: f73v Subject: zodiac Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: Six faint, mostly concentric, mechanically drawn circles delimit three rings of text. At 09:30 there is a wider gap in the middle ring and a radial stroke (a modern scribble on the copy?) cutting across the outer ring.
f74v,f75r |
| Title: ??? (74 is missing) Panels: f75r Subject: biological Colors: green,blue(some_pipes) (Reeds)
f75r |
| Title: ??? (color) Panels: f75r Subject: biological Colors: green,blue(some_pipes) (Reeds)
f75v
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| Title: "Ten showers" Panels: f75v Subject: biological Colors: green,blue(in_awnings,tubes) (Reeds)
f76r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f76r Subject: unknown (text only) Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: A bunch of paragraphs, with a column of letters along the left margin.
f76v |
| Title: ??? Panels: f76v Subject: biological Colors: blue,red(rouge_spots) (Reeds)
f77r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f77r Subject: biological Colors: blue,green,red (Reeds)
f78r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f78r Subject: biological Colors: b,red,green (Reeds)
f79v |
| Title: "Mermaid and Big Fish" Panels: f79v Subject: biological Colors: b,green (Reeds)
f80v |
| Title: ??? Panels: f80v Subject: biological Colors: blue,red(one_blotch) (Reeds)
f80r |
| Title: "Bathing queens" Panels: f80r Subject: biological Colors: blue,red,yellow (Reeds)
f81r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f81r Subject: biological Colors: green,blue(some),red (Reeds)
f82r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f82r Subject: biological Colors: blue,green,red(touch) (Reeds) Comments: The page contains two blocks of text, surrounded and separated by three figures.
f82v |
| Title: ??? Panels: f82v Subject: biological Colors: red,blue,green (Reeds)
f83v,f84r |
| Title: ??? vPanels: f83v Subject: biological Colors: red,green,blue (Reeds) Title: "Covered pool" Panels: f84r Subject: biological Colors: green,blue,red (Reeds)
f86v |
| Title: "T-O Map and Panels: f86v3 Subject: cosmological Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: Gathering mark 14. Text and drawing take up most of the page, right up to the edges, except for some white space left in the middle. Four tapering, densely decorated "biological" structures grow from the four corners of the page towards the center. Between these structures there are four paragraphs of normal-looking text. right next to the respective edge, to be read clockwise. In the rectangular area bounded by them, there are two more paragraphs, interrupted by part of the Northwest structure. At the very center of the page, below the two extra paragraphs, there is a mechanically drawn "T-O map"---a circle cut into three sectors by a diameter (from 09:30 to 03:30) and a perpendicular radius (at 00:30).
f87r
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| Title: ??? Panels: f87r Subject: herbal Colors: tan,green,blue (Reeds)
f87v
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| Title: ??? Panels: f87v Subject: herbal Colors: red,blue (Reeds) Comments: The plant on the right in f87v appears to be a species of Senecio. It is difficult to determine if there is a bulb in the root system of the f87v/right drawing in the VMS. The leaves appear correct for Senecio, but Senecio leaves can be deceptive, with different shapes appearing on the same plant. The left plant in f87v may be a species of Kleinia which is a new genus of plants split off from Senecio. If the two plants are indeed related, then it would seem to suggest that the author of the VMS was very well educated an had a keen insight into the scientific nature of plants. It is important to note that Senecio (e.g., S. vernalis) may be highly toxic if consumed. (D. Scott)
f88r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f88r Subject: pharmaceutical Colors: red,green,brown (Reeds) Comments: 3 rows of veggies that seem to be named, with paragraphs under each... See Reeds, 14 Dec 91
f93r
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| Title: "Sunflower" Panels: f93r Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f94r
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| Title: ??? Panels: f94r Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds) Comments: Botrychium lunaria is a reasonable match for this plant with its trophophore lamina leaf-like opposing appendages. (D.Scott)
f95r
f95r
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| Title: ??? Subject: herbal Colors: blue,green (Reeds) Comments: This is an interesting though somewhat complicated plant to try and classify. I suspect that this is a variety of Berberis. (D. Scott)
f96r
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| Title: ??? Panels: f96r Subject: herbal Colors: green,tan (Reeds)
f99r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f99r Subject: pharmaceutical Colors: red,tan,green (Reeds)
f100r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f100r Subject: pharmaceutical Colors: red,green,b (Reeds)
f101v |
| Title: ??? Panels: f101v2+f101v1 Subject: pharmaceutical Colors: red,b,tan,red[panel_v2],???[panel_v1] (Reeds)
f106r |
| Title: ??? Panels: f106r Subject: unknown (text only) Colors: red(stars),yellow(stars) (Reeds)
f116v |
| Title: "Last page" Panels: f116v Colors: ??? (Reeds) Comments: This page is blank except for four lines of text at the top (numbered "0" to "3") and some drawings at the top left corner. |