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[Antonio García Jiménez]

Much of the Voynich problem is epistemological, and pardon the pedantry. I want to say that approaching the meaning of a 15th century codex with 21st century methods is something that makes little sense. Of course, the sciences of paleography, codicology, linguistics and others are useful. But the meaning, the mentality that reflects any medieval work requires a special approach.

Let us think, for example, of the zodiac man, an illustration that is present in numerous manuscripts from the same time as the Voynich. What does the zodiac man mean? Obviously, the power of the stars over humanity. No one, or almost no one, believes this anymore, but then it was a universal belief. 

I also see in the Voynich reflected the power of the stars. But for that, every time I look through it, I have to make a great effort and try to tune in with the mentality of the men to whom it was addressed.