Quire9-10 pattern

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All of the cases where we are certain that it is a moon have just one crescent though. Why would there be two? Doesn't the moon have at most one crescent?

And indeed, there is the ray situation, although these rays are different from the others in the MS.

Hi Koen, the double crescent is not unique to the Voynich ms, but I doubt it has any specific meaning.
I posted a couple of examples in the past:

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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has two crescents to represent the full moon, here meaning "night". If there is a face (I am not sure I can see one), it could be a later addition? It certainly is less clear than the sun's face.

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Siena Intronati You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: here both the Sun and the Moon have two crescents with rays.