The Voynich Ninja

Just noticed this one as I was posting to another thread. I wasn't sure whether to add him here or to the "pond creatures" thread, but it's a Scorpio so it goes here.


BNF Latin 7321, 1485 Flanders

That's one of the cuter ones.  

That flower motif along the left side was very popular in France and Flanders in the late 15th century and many of the plant drawings are quite accurate.

It's like they sent out a "volunteer" to parlay with the creature

Quote:That flower motif along the left side was very popular in France and Flanders in the late 15th century and many of the plant drawings are quite accurate.

I remember de Hamil saying that many of these medieval French borders are so well executed you can easily identify the flower species.

Interesting find.
Apart from the last letter in the suffix " e and i " it fits.

So October is called " octobri / octabri "

The most interesting is not the names of the months, but where the book comes from.

That stands in contradiction to the discourse on...
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Warum in die Ferne schweifen, wenn das Gute ist so nah !

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This looks like a simple Latin inflection of "november", does not it? The "m" is abbreviated, as in the VMS. But the VMS has it in nominative case, tha's what makes the difference.

It's just like Anton says, this is an inflection of the Latin "november". In the VM we have a nominative case on -re, which points towards some Romance dialect, like the other VM month names.

Aga, that long horizontal line across the top (above Nove'bri) is an abbreviation symbol. It's light, but it's there and when you get used to medieval abbreviations, it is something you notice even if it is lightly written. It is not always directly above the missing letters (it is assumed the reader knows what is intended):

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Most of the time  the long horizontal line stands for "m" (although it can be more letters, or other letters like "n"). It's a flexible abbreviation, but is frequently "m".

That's okay, it tells me the names are authentic.

Interestingly, the book is from Ravensburg.

@Aga Tentakulus: Ravensburg near Lake Constance ?