A Rose or Wheel Window

[Mark Knowles]

I see this as irrigation, as well. I think I've mentioned it on one of the forum threads some time ago. Irrigation in those days (before electric pumps) was based on gravity, the water towers were high, so it would make sense for some of it to look like it was flowing downhill. Not saying this is specifically what it is, but it would not be out of place to look at it that way.

They did have water wheels (this is why I sometimes wonder if the in-between rota might be fountains or water wheels). The grain mills had water wheels, but water wheels were also extensively used in the hotter regions for irrigation, and were often operated by yoked animals walking around the well in endless circles.


We're pretty much in agreement on how we interpret the general parts of this circle. I think it's a garden, an aerial view, I think there are rows of plants, also an X-shaped garden (maybe herbs, maybe decorative), and irrigation. There are others who feel differently.

There are always "others who feel differently". For every Voynich theory or idea that is out there, there are others who feel differently. This is an expected and probably positive aspect of Voynich research, namely a diversity of different theories. My main issue with most or all other theories of this page is that they do not pay attention to or seek to explain the many specific details that I have highlighted here as well as the very many specific details that I have not yet discussed on this forum; they just seem quite superficial e.g. there are large circles on the page, so they must represent planets and there are many * drawings all over the page, so they must represent stars.