Thank you, Koen, it's much clearer now. I agree that the "fluctuation" in the ages images may be due to an attempt to reduce redundancy. I find it hard to think of a source that simply drops two "ages", rather than trying to make them more varied, but who knows?
About the insertion of the doctor, there are these lines from the text that seem to me to draw a parallel between the physician and the wisdom of old age. Could something like this be the reasons for inserting a doctor at the end(?) of the ages of life? Honestly, it's hard to tell and, as I said, I am not sure we can fully understand the meaning of the diagram without decoding Voynichese.
The verses are missing from Karlsruhe. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. they appear across f.59r and f.59v (where the physician is illustrated).
Machine translation:
The sick and the healthy
Have different times.
2035 What is good for one
May harm the other.
The old and the young
Have different conditions,
Different cold, different heat.
2040 For this, one needs the wisdom
Of the doctor and the wise.
The old and the gray-haired
Have experienced much before.
About the insertion of the doctor, there are these lines from the text that seem to me to draw a parallel between the physician and the wisdom of old age. Could something like this be the reasons for inserting a doctor at the end(?) of the ages of life? Honestly, it's hard to tell and, as I said, I am not sure we can fully understand the meaning of the diagram without decoding Voynichese.
The verses are missing from Karlsruhe. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. they appear across f.59r and f.59v (where the physician is illustrated).
Laufenberg wrote:Der sieche vnd der gesunde
Hant vngeliche stunde
2035 Dauon so ist dem einen güt
Das dem andern we tät
Der alte vnd der Iunge
Hand ander wandelunge
Ander kelti ander hitze
2040 Dauon so bedarffe man witze
Der Artzot vnd der wysen
Die alten vnd die grysen
Hant empfunden vil hieuor
Machine translation:
The sick and the healthy
Have different times.
2035 What is good for one
May harm the other.
The old and the young
Have different conditions,
Different cold, different heat.
2040 For this, one needs the wisdom
Of the doctor and the wise.
The old and the gray-haired
Have experienced much before.
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