15-01-2025, 11:50 AM
Hi Marco,
Thank you for making this overview, it brings a lot of clarity.
Do I understand correctly that a tentative reconstruction of the Berlin MS may have had the following sequence:
Scholar pointing right -> women with flower, facing left -> bent woman with cane and rosary, facing left -> urinoscopy, facing left ?
In that case, omitting any "double" figures would explain where the Voynich sequence comes from. It's in the same order, same directions, going counter clockwise.
The hats are different, but it would be suspicious if they weren't. The alteration of fashion elements was almost an imperative.
Thank you for making this overview, it brings a lot of clarity.
Do I understand correctly that a tentative reconstruction of the Berlin MS may have had the following sequence:
Scholar pointing right -> women with flower, facing left -> bent woman with cane and rosary, facing left -> urinoscopy, facing left ?
In that case, omitting any "double" figures would explain where the Voynich sequence comes from. It's in the same order, same directions, going counter clockwise.
The hats are different, but it would be suspicious if they weren't. The alteration of fashion elements was almost an imperative.