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Any ideas about possible readings for the glyphs at the right in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the centre of the flower in f28v?
(I include some Voynichese glyphs to give an idea of the scale)
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. describes the symbol in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as -A single 'g'-"
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: -EVA "y" with a trailing twiddle?-

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. lists a few abbreviation of the type 9~, where the '9' stands for con-/cum- and the "~" for "r". The most common meaning appears to be "contra". I don't think this can make sense as a colour abbreviation: one can maybe interpret it as an indication to use something "contra"-sting with the blue of the other petals, but this is terribly far fetched.

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The squiggle isn't usually added to the "9" abbreviation in that way (I've looked at thousands, and it is usually vertical or backleaning or slightly detached), but this is the VMS, and many things are unconventional, so I suppose it's possible if it's meant to be ultra-abbreviated.


But consider this...


It's correct that the "9" at the beginning of a word in Latin is usually con-/com-. The "~" can be ir/er/re/ri/r/ar/ra or other homonyms that include "r".

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Aside: In fact, the squiggle on the bird-glyph on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is the typical Latin abbreviation for ir/er/re/ri (if V~ is in the margin of a piece of poetry, it means V + er + [se] = "Verse" as a common convention).

The word "contra" was not usually written y~ (with the ~ attached to the serif and pointing right). Although there was leeway in how abbreviations were applied, most of the time "contra" was written like this

•  yr (imagine EVA-r with a foot so it looks more like a "t"), or
  
•  ytr (this is the one I see most frequently), or
  
• with the squiggle above the y as shown in Capelli.
  

...but it doesn't have to be Latin, Latin abbreviations were used in all the major western languages, so if it was meant to be the squiggle that usually includes an abbreviated "r"-syllable, one possibility is this:

y~ -  com- + er  (comer - Portuguese/Spanish/Galician for eat)


What's interesting about this is that pretty much all of the Viola plant is edible. The flowers are often used to dress up salads, so it is both a medicinal and a culinary plant. This is one of the reasons that I gave up an early idea that the VMS plants might be poisonous plants. Several of the identifiable plants can be eaten and are not toxic.