The Rosettes Page - March 2024

[Mark Knowles]

The "generic" proposition does not apply to the nymphs. They are all different. Are they 'generic'? Why should that proposition apply to buildings instead?

I don't know if each nymph/person that the artist draws in the Voynich manuscript is based on a real known person to the author, it is an interesting idea. Maybe they are invented fantasy people purely from the artists imagination. Maybe they are influenced by real people that the artist knew. It is hard for me to give an opinion as I haven't studied them in enough detail. Fundamentally I think it depends on how specific and varied the detail of the illustrations is.