Could the charm on f116v be a book curse?

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Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - Dcoop28 - 01-10-2026

Hi all,

I was wondering if has been considered that the charm on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could be a book curse? I recently realized that many manuscripts from a similar time period have something along the lines of "If you steal this book, you will be cursed!" The only problem to this speculation is that I, after a brief search, have not found any similar matches.

Thanks

RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - RadioFM - 01-10-2026

According to many medieval experts, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is in fact a curse, that renders the manuscript undecipherable. However this remains to be confirmed, as not even these experts can decipher the charm itself.

Seriously though, I think Koen G. goes over this in his Voynich Talk video about charms IIRC. You should check it out Smile

RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - Bluetoes101 - 02-10-2026

I think it is unlikely.

While some curses may not be documented as curses, because no one knows if they are or not (magical symbols n such), the ones we know of let the person know they are cursed and what will happen to them. It is not much of a deterent if no one can read it.

Also you tend to see "may he be struck down by god/other authoritive or fear inducing name" Maria wasn't the "striking down" sort of gal.

RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - monisusa - 03-10-2026

(01-10-2026, 09:40 PM)Dcoop28 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi all,

I was wondering if has been considered that the charm on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could be a book curse? I recently realized that many manuscripts from a similar time period have something along the lines of "If you steal this book, you will be cursed!" The only problem to this speculation is that I, after a brief search, have not found any similar matches.

Thanks

Hello, this page is subject of my detailed study which I published on Zenodo. It is in fact not a curse or charm but an ointment recipe. If you are interested please read my study
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Thanks.

RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - monisusa - 03-10-2026

(01-10-2026, 10:16 PM)RadioFM Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.According to many medieval experts, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is in fact a curse, that renders the manuscript undecipherable. However this remains to be confirmed, as not even these experts can decipher the charm itself.

Seriously though, I think Koen G. goes over this in his Voynich Talk video about charms IIRC. You should check it out

It is in fact decipherable, however written in Central Bavarian language and Latin with many pharmaceutical abbreviations. I discussed this with experts of
Germanic Studies and Dialectology. Also with several pharmacists. According to them the recipe seems plausible and has been reproduced successfully.
This note shows an ointment recipe for joint inflamation, quickly noted - perhaps for an assistant who had to prepare the ointment.
Contrary to previous assumptions the content is not a charm or prayer. There have been difficulties in reading the gothic cursive letters correctly identifying the ductus
of the scribe. Therefore the content did not make much sense. Years ago, the first who translated the text was Johannes Albus. He also identified
it as a recipe. If you are interested please read my detailed study on this on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Thank you. Monika

RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - JoJo_Jost - 04-10-2026

@ Monisusa: Do you really still think your translation makes sense?

But it's nice that you discussed this with experts—it makes you wonder what kind of “experts” that were. Big Grin

In any case, none of the experts here in this forum found your translation plausible!