20-08-2016, 10:33 PM
These manuscripts are very interesting and may indeed prove relevant.
One remark though: the duplicated animals in these manuscripts are a pair within the same roundel. The author of the paper tentatively suggests that they may have been copied from bestiaries, where depictions of headbutting animals could be found. In the Voynich, however, entire roundels are duplicate, and a whole different kind of solution must be found.
Still these manuscripts are fascinating. I must share this gem from Olga Koseleff Gordon's paper:
"Pig slaughtering is a quite common theme, but it is strange that it occurs in October before the pig fattening in November".
One remark though: the duplicated animals in these manuscripts are a pair within the same roundel. The author of the paper tentatively suggests that they may have been copied from bestiaries, where depictions of headbutting animals could be found. In the Voynich, however, entire roundels are duplicate, and a whole different kind of solution must be found.
Still these manuscripts are fascinating. I must share this gem from Olga Koseleff Gordon's paper:
"Pig slaughtering is a quite common theme, but it is strange that it occurs in October before the pig fattening in November".