The Rosettes Page - March 2024

[pjburkshire]

For me, as RobGea has said, the Rosette page is a representation of the medieval cosmos. And, honestly, it surprises me that after so many years of study, there is doubt in this. I also believe, like René, that the six containers in the middle represent the healing powers of the medicine that naturally come from the astral influences.

And also like René, I believe that there are a multitude of signs that relate all the sections of Voynich. Those tubes that we see on the Rosettes page are the same tubes that we see on the zodiacal pages and in Quire 13. For me they represent the pathways through which the influences of the stars are transmitted. We also see the containers in another section of the codex with roots and plants, a metaphor for the healing power of medicinal herbs.

Anyway, we can be arguing about this until the end of time. It's a way to pass the time, but not very useful for understanding this book.

I agree. I think the "pipes" represent communication or connection between the physical world and the spiritual world. I see it with a Christian spin. I see the "pipes" representing the communication or connection between the Earthly world and God in the Heavens/Cosmos.

Some see the Rosettes page as a map of a place or multiple places. Some see it as a diagram representing a process. When talking about a spiritual realm, I'm not sure I can make a clear distinction between a place and a process.

Two days ago I made some slides showing the ideas that I have been talking about here about Ensoulment from page f67r1 in Quire 9 to the Rosettes page. I put them in a video. I was going to upload the video to YouTube but Google has locked my YouTube account. You can't push a rope. You can't push Google tech support. It has been around 600 years. I don't think another week will make much difference.

I still don't know about the six things in the center circle. I can see why some people would think they were onion-domed buildings. I can see why some people would think they are containers like some kind of apothecary jars.

Personally, my first impression was that the six things with pointy tops in the middle of the center circle were buildings with onion-dome tops, like St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia or the Taj Mahal, India. But, I think onion-dome buildings are generally associated more with eastern churches than with western churches. I don't know how that plays into this story about a book that was supposed to have been made in central Europe. I know a lot has been said about the swallow-tailed crenellation or merlons and where they are generally found.