Questions about Greek influences

[ReneZ]

ReneZ,
The problem with Singer is that it's not at all clear that he had even seen the Voynich when he made that description, based on the evidence unearthed by Rich SantaColoma You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Of course, that doesn't detract from the interest of the idea of archei, (or similar), being possibly featured in the balneo section.

I am very familiar with that story and it is one of dozens of highly interesting side stories to the Voynich MS and its history. I dug into it a bit more, but it is probably a bit off-topic here. In any case, he clearly says he saw the MS.

The real point is, though, that I find it of interest to know what these archei looked like. But perhaps there are no illustrations of them, and they are only mentioned in his text. Anyhow, Paracelsus' work almost certainly postdates the Voynich MS.