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I know it appears to be an unpopular opinion but I still believe the artist/author had a certain lack of common-sense or difficulties correctly interpreting elements like perspective.

I don’t know about “unpopular”, but personally I don’t see any specific evidence of the author’s lack of common-sense (tough I am open to any possibility). Common-sense is a cultural product and the culture that created the Voynich manuscript was very different from our own. Blaming this on the author does not sound justified to me. What about Hildegard von Bingen’s common sense? And what about the anonymous author of the Alchemical Herbal?

The subject of perspective on the other hand is very interesting. The Voynich manuscript is contemporary to the invention of scientific perspective by Italian Renaissance artists (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).

It was not until the mid-1420s that paintings fully designed according to the principles of perspective science began to appear. One of the first accurate employments of precise central convergence was in The Healing of the Cripple and Raising of Tabitha (1426–1427) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., by Masolino da Panicale (c. 1383–c. 1447).

As Panofsky said, the style of Voynich illustrations “is fairly provincial,” and it shows “no influence of the Italian Renaissance style”. But the artist was clearly interested in perspective and they made efforts to render 3D shapes (though they had no access to the leading-edge techniques being developed in major Renaissance cities like Florence). Again, from a modern point of view, the artist clearly struggled with perspective. As a provincial artist from the early 15th Century, they were quite bold and effective, in my opinion.