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There is a problem though... this whole iconography of the Lamb in the book of Revelation revolves around the lamb being alive and alert... It is typically depicted standing with one front leg slightly raised (or passant, for those who enjoy heraldry), whether it is holding a banner or a book.
It is never napping or inanimate, and certainly not dead.
Obviously there are napping lambs on books in Christian imagery as we discussed in the other thread (Dragons, Dogs and Armadillos) but not in the Apocalypse cycles.

Suggestion: A dead lamb might align better with the iconography of a different biblical episode: the Passover lamb, often depicted dead, on a table, and sometimes bleeding.
Depictions of the passover meal table also bring to mind an early discussion on this forum, where Don of Tallahassee had compiled cloudband motifs, and there a question about whether the furls in tablecloths and curtains should be included since their edges are sometimes given a somewhat similar shape to the cloudband.

A few quick examples of the Passover Lamb theme in various settings(not the best, just to illustrate what I am referring to):

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I'm not saying the Voynich illustration IS a Passover lamb, nor that the Voynich image IS NOT related to the iconography of the book of Revelations, but simply that inanimate-looking depiction of the animal can't be ignored if we are looking for parallels.