The Origin of [sh]

[ReneZ]

This is a very important observation.

I don't have an answer, but I consider it a very important question. This is why:

It seems that many different things have been retouched:
- the text in Voynichese script
- the drawings (e.g. the nymphs in the zodiac)
- the writing on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Nick Pelling has written quite a bit about the last two points, and I think that he is right, *but*:

I daresay that it is impossible to judge whether the retouching was done:
- a few days later
- months or a few years later
- decennia or more later

These three options (and everything in between) has completely different implications.

The re-touching could have been done by the original author/scribe, to emphasise something that came out too faint, or (in case of the drawings) it could have been a planned 'second' pass.

Or it could have been a change. Either by the original author/scribe or someone else, later.

If one looks at this page:
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under the heading "Jim's colour slides" there is the observation (made decades ago) that the curl above was written first. By now, I don't believe that anymore, and what was seen was a retouching.