14-05-2025, 10:57 PM
enigmatic work, with its undeciphered script (voynichés) and sections on botany, astronomy, biology, and cosmology, has led us to propose that it is a coded letter, likely authored by a high-ranking cleric (e.g., a cardinal or pope like Alfonso de Borja), documenting the lineages and wealth of a high-ranking family in Europe.
**Structure and Content**:
- **Botanical Section** (~130 plants across 60-65 pages): Each plant represents a noble lineage. For instance, a plant with roots like carrots joined at the tips, few leaves, and two blue watering cans (two brothers) suggests a pure, ancient lineage, possibly a high-ranking family, without material wealth (no women). Roots symbolize the past, leaves the present, and fruits the future.
- **Astronomical/Cosmological Section** (~20-25 pages with circles, 15-18 with central figures): Circles with animals (goats, rams) or kings represent noble leaders or families, with nude women symbolizing wealth. Zodiacal diagrams (12 pages) feature “many women” (30-60 per circle), detailing powers or properties.
- **Biological Section**: Includes nude women in rivers, saunas, or circles, representing types of wealth:
- **Mermaids**: Maritime trade or influence (e.g., a high-ranking family’s coastal interests).
- **Queens**: High-value properties (dioceses, titles).
- **“Sexy” (prostitutes)**: Illicit wealth (bribes, simony).
- **Marriages**: Strategic alliances (e.g., a man placing a ring).
- **“Simple” women in rivers**: Lesser but vital properties (farmlands, villages).
- **Page 57 (folio 57r-v)**: A key page, with circles presenting sender/recipient, dates (~1400, glyphs like 8 and 2), and the cipher method. A man pointing to cardinal directions and seasons, alongside a four-sided cloud (three shapes per side, six months per season), suggests a prolonged event (e.g., Council of Basel, 1431-1437) dating the message.
- **Final Page (folio 116v)**: A note in vulgar Latin, written by a less skilled recipient (possibly a cleric ally), indicates the message was understood.
**Main Hypothesis**:
The manuscript is a coded letter documenting noble lineages and wealth, possibly of a high-ranking family, authored by a high-ranking cleric. Plants encode genealogies, circles represent kings or families with their powers, and nude women detail wealth (lands, churches, alliances). Page 57 uses a “worldwide” event (e.g., a council or natural phenomenon) as a temporal key, ensuring the recipient (a noble or cleric) deciphers the message.
**Connection to a High-Ranking Family**:
A high-ranking family, influential in Valencia and the Church in 1404-1438, fits as the manuscript’s subject. Red roots in some plants may allude to their heraldic emblem, “simple” women to regional farmlands, and mermaids to maritime trade. Alfonso de Borja, a bishop and future pope, is a plausible author, given his role in councils and access to cryptography.
**Structure and Content**:
- **Botanical Section** (~130 plants across 60-65 pages): Each plant represents a noble lineage. For instance, a plant with roots like carrots joined at the tips, few leaves, and two blue watering cans (two brothers) suggests a pure, ancient lineage, possibly a high-ranking family, without material wealth (no women). Roots symbolize the past, leaves the present, and fruits the future.
- **Astronomical/Cosmological Section** (~20-25 pages with circles, 15-18 with central figures): Circles with animals (goats, rams) or kings represent noble leaders or families, with nude women symbolizing wealth. Zodiacal diagrams (12 pages) feature “many women” (30-60 per circle), detailing powers or properties.
- **Biological Section**: Includes nude women in rivers, saunas, or circles, representing types of wealth:
- **Mermaids**: Maritime trade or influence (e.g., a high-ranking family’s coastal interests).
- **Queens**: High-value properties (dioceses, titles).
- **“Sexy” (prostitutes)**: Illicit wealth (bribes, simony).
- **Marriages**: Strategic alliances (e.g., a man placing a ring).
- **“Simple” women in rivers**: Lesser but vital properties (farmlands, villages).
- **Page 57 (folio 57r-v)**: A key page, with circles presenting sender/recipient, dates (~1400, glyphs like 8 and 2), and the cipher method. A man pointing to cardinal directions and seasons, alongside a four-sided cloud (three shapes per side, six months per season), suggests a prolonged event (e.g., Council of Basel, 1431-1437) dating the message.
- **Final Page (folio 116v)**: A note in vulgar Latin, written by a less skilled recipient (possibly a cleric ally), indicates the message was understood.
**Main Hypothesis**:
The manuscript is a coded letter documenting noble lineages and wealth, possibly of a high-ranking family, authored by a high-ranking cleric. Plants encode genealogies, circles represent kings or families with their powers, and nude women detail wealth (lands, churches, alliances). Page 57 uses a “worldwide” event (e.g., a council or natural phenomenon) as a temporal key, ensuring the recipient (a noble or cleric) deciphers the message.
**Connection to a High-Ranking Family**:
A high-ranking family, influential in Valencia and the Church in 1404-1438, fits as the manuscript’s subject. Red roots in some plants may allude to their heraldic emblem, “simple” women to regional farmlands, and mermaids to maritime trade. Alfonso de Borja, a bishop and future pope, is a plausible author, given his role in councils and access to cryptography.