07-04-2016, 12:37 AM
Hi everyone,
here's yet another thread of opinions and suggestions on yet another unexplained feature of Voynich drawings, this time, those umbrella/half-pinecone/whatever shaped things in the balneo section.
You all know what I'm referring to, I'm sure: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. They're on 78r, but also, with some variation, on a few other folios.
Just to get the thread started, here's one image I found when looking through a bestiary, MS. Bodl. 602. (Mid 13th C) The entry is for Mermecolion, which as I have just learned, is another name for pearl.
F34r: This relates to the origin of pearls. From what I understand, that central shape is a close-up of one valve of the pearl-oyster. The text explains that the oyster opens at dawn, allowing it to absorb dew and starlight, which produce the pearl, which is pure like Mary.
![[Image: img8795.jpg]](http://bestiary.ca/beastimage/img8795.jpg)
Yeah, I know, it doesn't have a raised central pod like those Voynich shapes do, and it lacks those extra scalloped bits underneath, but I thought it might make a nice conversation starter anyway.
Comments/suggestions?
here's yet another thread of opinions and suggestions on yet another unexplained feature of Voynich drawings, this time, those umbrella/half-pinecone/whatever shaped things in the balneo section.
You all know what I'm referring to, I'm sure: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. They're on 78r, but also, with some variation, on a few other folios.
Just to get the thread started, here's one image I found when looking through a bestiary, MS. Bodl. 602. (Mid 13th C) The entry is for Mermecolion, which as I have just learned, is another name for pearl.
F34r: This relates to the origin of pearls. From what I understand, that central shape is a close-up of one valve of the pearl-oyster. The text explains that the oyster opens at dawn, allowing it to absorb dew and starlight, which produce the pearl, which is pure like Mary.
Yeah, I know, it doesn't have a raised central pod like those Voynich shapes do, and it lacks those extra scalloped bits underneath, but I thought it might make a nice conversation starter anyway.
Comments/suggestions?
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