Big Red Weirdos

[-JKP-]

Thanks JKP. So the initial on the first page of the Voynich manuscript might be a big red V. Seems like Willie did it after all

In the past I've suggested it was a V shape and also that it might be a pilcrow and got pooh-poohed for both suggestions.

The "smoke" symbol above one of the weirdos was very frequently placed in that position when the letter was a V (to symbolize "ver"), but I got pooh-poohed for that suggestion too.

I finally gave up talking about red weirdos.


Glad to see you found an example of an embellished vee that is so similar. Ironically, I've looked at this manuscript (the ribbon drawn on the frontis caught my attention), but I guess I never got through it far enough to notice the Vee shapes (or if I did, I don't remember). Good find.