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[Antonio García Jiménez]

One of the most intriguing things about Quire 13 is what some of the female figures are holding in their hands. For example, what is this lady holding down the slide?

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To find out, the only thing we can do is look for parallel images at the time that can help us. I have found one that fits very well. It is a medieval image of the pilgrimage to Rome. The pilgrims all carry the same stick or crook, with that rounded shape at the end that we also see on the stick carried by the female figure in the Voynich

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Is the young lady also going on a pilgrimage to Rome? Of course not. It is just an allegory of the journey that they all undertake. The stick is carried by one representing all of them because it is just that: an allegory of the journey that the stars undertake towards Earth