(10-02-2026, 03:37 PM)emanuele.pegorin Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
My working hypothesis is that the Voynich Manuscript, dated to the late Middle Ages, may describe the working life (not the private life) of a community of women in a female abbey or monastery. In such institutions, women could manage water systems, canals, land, and personnel, and the abbess herself could be of noble origin. In this context, the presence of a nude woman wearing a crown or regal headpiece in one of the circular diagrams could be interpreted as a symbolic or functional reference to that role.

(10-02-2026, 04:02 PM)emanuele.pegorin Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
I see it as a generic community of abbey women, with their own internal language. They took care of plants, followed rituals, and managed the maintenance of the building and water systems. They also handled the preparation and packaging of plants for infusions, decoctions, or medicinal purposes.

(10-02-2026, 04:19 PM)emanuele.pegorin Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Most likely the women themselves, or perhaps one of them, who—incidentally—is never depicted. It’s similar to a photographer capturing different moments of the workday, or photographing the plants to document them, without ever including themselves in the pictures.

(10-02-2026, 04:33 PM)emanuele.pegorin Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Look, this isn’t imagination. Female abbeys really existed in the late Middle Ages. Women ran gardens, water systems, baths, and daily work. Those “unclothed women in water” you talk about? Practical tasks: ritual washings, cleaning after plant work, or preparing herbs. Real life, not fantasy.