09-03-2016, 12:15 PM
Hello Koen Gh,
I read what you wrote about ms “Sloane 4016”.
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I am not sure that you are aware of the fact that this manuscript is a “visual dictionary” in which vegetal, animal and mineral medical ingredients (“simplices”) are listed in alphabetical order. “Bos” is next to “Borago” because they are alphabetically close. This and similar works do no use “bos as a mnemonic for borago”, nor the other way round: they simply order their illustrations alphabetically.
Similarly, “lacerte” (“lizard”) is next to “lectuca” (“lettuce”) and “mumia” (mummy) is next to “mus” (mouse).
Sloane 4016 can still be considered a parallel for the Voynich “pharmaceutical” section, if one considers those pages of the VMS to also be a list of medical ingredients. An important difference is that the Voynich list does not appear to be alphabetically sorted.
I read what you wrote about ms “Sloane 4016”.
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I am not sure that you are aware of the fact that this manuscript is a “visual dictionary” in which vegetal, animal and mineral medical ingredients (“simplices”) are listed in alphabetical order. “Bos” is next to “Borago” because they are alphabetically close. This and similar works do no use “bos as a mnemonic for borago”, nor the other way round: they simply order their illustrations alphabetically.
Similarly, “lacerte” (“lizard”) is next to “lectuca” (“lettuce”) and “mumia” (mummy) is next to “mus” (mouse).
Sloane 4016 can still be considered a parallel for the Voynich “pharmaceutical” section, if one considers those pages of the VMS to also be a list of medical ingredients. An important difference is that the Voynich list does not appear to be alphabetically sorted.