Dragons, Dogs & Amadillos?

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The comparison picture of the possibly dead animal, shown above by Koen, always reminded me of the emblem of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, and even though this order started after the probable creation of the MS, the theme is of course much older.

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(This is just an arbitrary example - one of the first that Google search turns up).

So..... how about a dead ram on a celestial sacrifice table?

Hi Rene,

I like the idea of the golden fleece reference, and agree that the Order's emblem is visually very similar, especially to the red creature in the water.
Of course, there's always the problem of finding a comparable image somewhere (especially to the celestial sacrificial table part), but the Voynich illustrator could very well have been innovating.

The Order of the Golden Fleece was created in 1430.
By 1435, there were already 4 chapters in the Order: Bruges, Lille, Dijon and Brussels. 
I don't know why you say it's too late, to me this seems to be exactly on target!

From your You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. :
"In 2009 the parchment of the Voynich MS was subjected to radio-carbon dating and the result was that this parchment dates to sometime between 1404 and 1438 with 95% probability.... The 95% probability interval lies between 1404 and 1435".
And of course, as you mention, that's just the vellum, not an indication of when the inscriptions were made.

Am I misunderstanding something here?