Those umbrella/pinecone things

[MarcoP]

@Marco you know i investigated with this being a pinecone and not a canopy (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) but let's assume it is.

Look at the knob on top of the pinecorn in the vms, that is not a very natural thing on canopy. 
What could this oddly shaped knob be on a canopy?

I agree. As we discussed above, the absence of a pole suggests that these are not classical canopies, but tents or pavilions. On the top of tent poles all kinds of knobs appeared. Voynich knobs do not seem odd to me, when compared with other examples.

You can see this knob also on the other vms pages in the "bathing" section in the center of the pinecorns.

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I agree, but they don't seem pine-cones to me.

is she also holding that knob? 
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If you are referring to the second "nymph" from the left, on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. this object was interpreted as a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. I think that interpretation is the best one I have seen so far.

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She seems to me to be holding a spherical object. It could be a number of things.

Or could that be the top piece-knob of her walking stick / magic wand?
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I have no idea. I am not sure that the spindle, "apple" and walking stick are related with our "umbrellas". Maybe they could be better discussed in specific threads?