30-06-2018, 08:16 AM
From sphere 1 to 7 there are not stars, only planets. The stars are in the eighth and ninth sphere, and they are the same stars of the Zodiac but in different positions. Knowing the medieval cosmology is essential for understanding the Voynich. This is not only the script. It is the script and the imagery. Without the imagery it would be impossible to decipher the Voynich. A picture is worth a thousand words, say journalists. And they are right. With the imagery we can try a theory because we can glimpse the mind of the scribe.What I see in the Voynich are herbs and stars, and they was linked in the mind of mankind of the Middle Ages.
Regarding the repetition of number 9 in the same line o word it may be many things. Maybe the scribe was rotating the Volvelle and write down the glyphs corresponding to each day and repeating them. I think is the same reason by wich there are repeated words in a row. Also,the system could represent no only the position of a star, but the better moment to pick it too. And maybe there are more than one star linked with an herb.
Emma did a bright analysis about (o),(a) and (y or 9) as the same class of character. They are complementary and occur in the same position in the word. I think all of them stand for the stars in different positions or moments.
Regarding the repetition of number 9 in the same line o word it may be many things. Maybe the scribe was rotating the Volvelle and write down the glyphs corresponding to each day and repeating them. I think is the same reason by wich there are repeated words in a row. Also,the system could represent no only the position of a star, but the better moment to pick it too. And maybe there are more than one star linked with an herb.
Emma did a bright analysis about (o),(a) and (y or 9) as the same class of character. They are complementary and occur in the same position in the word. I think all of them stand for the stars in different positions or moments.