Voynich Stars

[Aldis Mengelsons]

The upper-right rosette has different "star-like" shapes. They are not outlines, they are lines crossed, but many people still refer to them as "stars", probably because they are similar to the shapes on the series at 67v.

Those are the ones I thought might be foliage but VViews made a good argument that they might be cartographic symbols.



Just because they are the same shape doesn't mean they have to have the same meaning. A star on a picture of Bethlehem has a different significance from a star on the end of a stick on a shield (which is a mace, a weapon, not a celestial star), and is also different from a star in a beaker in an alchemical drawing, and different again from a star on a marine map.

You are absolutely right! As  I know most of the "star" pages have no even a world about stars....like page 71r-syphilis and"crabs" or 68r-curing from headlice. Also 86v telling us a story about a great marriage, when a dress of bride was so shiny(decorated with some kinda jewels)that the castle square got so bright ...well, I believe there will be no star"things" at all into other pages.I like to believe some strange things and magic, but after 60 pages of reading, there is no star maps, space traveling or witchcraft )))))))