(24-06-2017, 05:28 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
The 116v nymph is somewhat in line with standard Voynich nymphs. The figure on 66r, however, is drawn by a different person. The belly is different, the arms are straight and square, the thighs are too long and narrow... The shoulders are twisted in a way unseen in any other nymph. As far as I am concerned, this could indeed be a patient, though there's no way yet to be sure.
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The nymphs on 75r and 116v certainly look like they drawn by the same person. I'm not as certain about the one on 66r but I suspect it is drawn by the same person and that the differences are attributable the difficulty of trying to drawn someone prostrate. Whoever drew the VMS nymphs did not think well in 3D. The joints are never well articulated.
![[Image: ThreeNymphs.png]](http://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ThreeNymphs.png)
All three drawings exhibit the same difficulty in drawing hands and feet, the same missing jaw line on the side facing the viewer, the same S-curve connecting the nose and the eyebrow. Look how the right shoulder is missing and the arm comes out of the chin.
Both 75r and 116v have the same large belly, the same thickness in the thighs. On both of them, the pen "stutters" when drawing the lower part of her left leg (the straight leg). Even though the nymphs are not exactly the same in proportions (75r has a more pregnant look), they are the same in drawing style.
The differences between 75r/116v and 66r might be attributable to posture and gender. I've been assuming the prostrate figure is female, but I'm not at all certain as there are a number of male figures in the VMS without genitals. If the belly ache is a malady general to both men and women get, rather than a female malady, maybe the gender is intentionally nonspecific or maybe this is a male and the smaller nipple-less breasts are not breasts, but an attempt to draw a man's chest.
I think many people would have difficulty drawing someone lying down clutching the belly, including the VMS illustrator. That, and the possible gender ambiguity, might account for the differences in proportions.