The term 'pharmaceutical' for these three bifolios was popularised by D'Imperio in her 'Elegant Enigma'. I have not seen it much in contexts outside the Voynich MS. Herbalists would rather speak of 'simples' and 'composites'. The former are drugs or treatments related to a single herb, and most of the famous illustrated herbal MSs are concerned with these. The Voynich MS herbal pages appear to be of the same nature.
The 'pharmaceutical' section then appears to describe 'composites'.
Whether it really does, we'll know if the text can one day be understood.
I for one am not yet ready to discard the option that the book is just meant to 'look like' a scientific work.
The containers shown in this section may well be imaginary ones that never really saw the light of day (even if the book and its text are real).
The more simple ones could be made of wood. Similar wooden containers from the 15th C still survive (more or less...)
The 'pharmaceutical' section then appears to describe 'composites'.
Whether it really does, we'll know if the text can one day be understood.
I for one am not yet ready to discard the option that the book is just meant to 'look like' a scientific work.
The containers shown in this section may well be imaginary ones that never really saw the light of day (even if the book and its text are real).
The more simple ones could be made of wood. Similar wooden containers from the 15th C still survive (more or less...)