[Article] On the Voynich manuscript

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I'm not quite sure what the author wants to communicate with the "Cinnamon Girl".  Is it the fact that John Dee's work also features an illustration of a naked woman (stylistically completely different from the VMS) ? I probably won't find out, because I'm not willing to spend money on his paper.

Here is a "clean" edition of "Thesaurus Evonymi Philiatri, de remediis secretis". As you can see there is no illustration on the right margin in this printed edition on the same page.

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Edit:
Here the whole page with illustration:
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Dee’s copy of the De remediis secretis is most famous for its marginal illustration of the ‘Cinnamon Girl’ (p. 267), found next to Gesner’s discussions on the cosmetic uses of distilled waters, specifically the recipe to beautify the face:

So yes, Dee had a personal copy.