[split] Scepter/ Fleur de Lys/ Blue Sweater Man

[Morten St. George]

When you don't know which flower to pick for your Voynich portrait..




From the Rutland Psalter (c1260), British Library Add MS 62925. f 2v

Interestingly, this manuscript has been mentioned on the forum once before, about a different guy on the same VM roundel: see bi3mw's post here: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Per the Morten St. George Theory, the leading decoder of the VMS in the 16th century was so fascinated with the VMS plants that he decided to help finance and coauthor a botany book. Called the Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (1597), this book remains to this day the largest encyclopedia of plants ever published in the English language.

Our decoder took the liberty to insert, on the title page of his book, a portrait of himself holding plants in each hand and standing upon a pedestal.  This here is his pedestal:



I was attracted to the iconography because the shaft of the 4 attaches itself to the o below, reminding me of the 4o glyph of the VMS, which might be the most prominent of all the glyphs since so many words begin with 4o.

The icons are set into a shield in the form of a fleur de lys depicted upside down. So, where are we to find the fleur de lys?

One logical approach would be to add up all the icons. 4 + I (1) the central shaft + L (50) + O (zero) + R (Reverse?) + X (10) + X (10 + X (10).

Per my calculations, therefore, we should expect to find the fleur de lys on Page 85 Reverse.

In the VMS, after Page 85 and before Page 86, we find the following:



Conclusion: The VMS page numbers were added into the manuscript prior to the year 1597.