Thread for random remarks and questions about Voynich images

[nablator]

Top fish facing left, bottom fish facing right?

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[Koen G]

4 fins yes, facing yes, but there's more about the faces.

[nablator]

Bottom fish has a slightly open mouth, the upward curvature of the snout is similar on its VM counterpart.

[Koen G]

Yes! The bottom fish has an upturned snout. This is only found in some manuscripts, but it's definitely a "thing". 


(That's not the special thing I found, I'm about to post that now).

[R. Sale]

How about the bottom one is 'happy'. The top one is 'sad'. A parody of the masks of Comedy and Tragedy.

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[Bluetoes101]

I know it's not what you were referring to but would be interesting if these were intentional spots on the face of 1 of the 2 fish, you see the same in the VM
Probably just marks on page/bleed from text on reverse.. but whoever did the VM image took some time to add a fair few spots on the top fish and didn't bother with the below, seems intentional. Trout/Salmon for example (among others) have sexual dimorphism which causes more vivid spots on the males but not females.. just an idea 

[Aga Tentakulus]

@Koen
Do you still have the link to your fish example?
I would like to read the text.

[Koen G]

@Koen
Do you still have the link to your fish example?
I would like to read the text.

Sorry, thanks for reminding me! Concordia Seminary Library, Medizinisch-astrologisches Hausbuch : 20 recto
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[bi3mw]

One mouth open and one closed does not seem to be so rare.
   
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[Aga Tentakulus]

Thanks Koen, that was now the fifth book containing the same text.