f70v2 Circular Pattern and Greek Pottery Border Designs

[Koen G]

What has always stopped me from pointing out such similarity is that in the classical example the pattern seems purely decorative while in the Voynich it looks like it could have some meaning. 

I have had the best success finding matches for patterns in Ptolemaic Egyptian art, so basically a mixture of the Greek and the Egyptian.





(Some of the patterns in the Bastet statuettes above are also found in the roundel you posted)

These next examples are from a Ptolemaic papyrus (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) The cross-thing apparently means "town" which is interesting. Diane has pointed out before that the Voynich draws flowing water after the Egyptian custom, though I provide a different example: