21-04-2016, 06:28 PM
I gave up the Pharos idea - not because I think the vessels aren't architectural in nature, but because so many towers and lighthouses were inspired by the Pharos' design, and almost none of them remain standing. Even worse, we don't even know what many of them looked like.
I still think that the vessels may have been drawings of landmarks initially though. They were then perhaps redrawn or re-interpreted by a later copyist.
As an illustration of the point, I just noticed this: in the following picture, I placed one of the containers in between the towers in the centre of the world map. The vessel has been colored and given a more pronounced "pedestal", but other similarities are striking. The vertical line pattern, the tip, the proportions of the horizontal sections.
![[Image: attachment.php?aid=284]](http://www.voynich.ninja/attachment.php?aid=284)
Also note how the towers in this map have a wavy pattern at their base, which could suggest the presence of water or uneven terrain. I think, if the same kinds of towers were initially in the root and leaf section, as sketches of local landmarks the seamen could look out for, they probably looked just like the towers on this map. It would have been easy then, for a later copyist, to interpret these wavy lines as the "foot" of container and adapt it from there.
I don't know what has been written about these towers before... any ideas or suggestions?
I still think that the vessels may have been drawings of landmarks initially though. They were then perhaps redrawn or re-interpreted by a later copyist.
As an illustration of the point, I just noticed this: in the following picture, I placed one of the containers in between the towers in the centre of the world map. The vessel has been colored and given a more pronounced "pedestal", but other similarities are striking. The vertical line pattern, the tip, the proportions of the horizontal sections.
Also note how the towers in this map have a wavy pattern at their base, which could suggest the presence of water or uneven terrain. I think, if the same kinds of towers were initially in the root and leaf section, as sketches of local landmarks the seamen could look out for, they probably looked just like the towers on this map. It would have been easy then, for a later copyist, to interpret these wavy lines as the "foot" of container and adapt it from there.
I don't know what has been written about these towers before... any ideas or suggestions?