Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

[ReneZ]

Not trying to cause problems. Newer mss. may contain information and explanations not found in earlier texts. Just suggesting that references should have provenance (date & location - if available), when they are new to the discussion.

They may, of course, though we need some kind of assurance that the material in these newer MS isn't completely new.
Alchemical works that do not postdate the Voynich MS by a significant amount of time exist, but are quite rare.
The 'Buch der heilligen Dreifaltigkeit'  is the best known example, and the Ryland MS shown a few posts before is a copy of it. This may well be the only illustrated work of its kind.

Most of what we would now call alchemy was developed after the Voynich MS and has no relevance for our purpose.