13-04-2016, 04:04 PM
How outlandish is the Voynich MS imagery?
This is a very qualitative question, not one that can be answered on a scale from 1 to 10.
In the older literature one reads that the illustrations have no historic parallels, but is that
really true?
One way to get a feeling for this is by looking for other examples of possibly 'unusual' or even
'outlandish' illustrations in other MSs.
I would invite people to look for, and show examples here.
People who have seen images from the Ripley scroll(s), the Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit or
the Bellifortis probably already have a good idea what this could look like, but there is much, much
more. Ellie's blog already has quite a number of nice examples.
Let me just start with a MS with some interesting cosmological diagrams:
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This is a very qualitative question, not one that can be answered on a scale from 1 to 10.
In the older literature one reads that the illustrations have no historic parallels, but is that
really true?
One way to get a feeling for this is by looking for other examples of possibly 'unusual' or even
'outlandish' illustrations in other MSs.
I would invite people to look for, and show examples here.
People who have seen images from the Ripley scroll(s), the Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit or
the Bellifortis probably already have a good idea what this could look like, but there is much, much
more. Ellie's blog already has quite a number of nice examples.
Let me just start with a MS with some interesting cosmological diagrams:
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