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Did Voynich manuscript illustrator never see women breasts?
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Did Voynich manuscript illustrator never see women breasts?
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(12-07-2026, 08:30 PM)Rafal wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You may see a lot of medieval breasts if you search for bathing Batsheba being spied on by King DavidYeah... Voynich really is dreadful....  Member details
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Quote:Yeah... Voynich really is dreadful.... But it has some competition  Member details
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12-07-2026, 09:53 PM
I shall wisely withdraw from this thread and lock it when complaints start coming in
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13-07-2026, 06:30 AM
Let me just say that you all will not get anywhere on this line of investigation until you admit that BEEEP.
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13-07-2026, 12:59 PM
(13-07-2026, 06:30 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.[..] until you admit that BEEEP. Yeah, a bit of Voldemort vibes again: the theme or matter of this thread is showing most openly that the headline of it should better have been called "Did Voynich Manuscript illustrators never see women breasts?", since all can clearly see the problematic "optimizations" of the retracer... ![[Image: faa29634b7d1e17461e98a5df8247abd.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/fa/a2/96/faa29634b7d1e17461e98a5df8247abd.jpg) (f 70v, Aries I) Member details
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The same observations might suggest the illustrator(s) never saw women's necks, shoulders, elbows, feet...
It's as obvious as day is day that the illustrations are not even remote attempts at anatomical, or any other form of, literal accuracy - just look at the crude brush/quill strokes all over the illustrations. But yes, breasts... a notably, and sadly, male fascination 
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