(26-06-2025, 03:32 PM)bi3mw wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The question arises as to what was so explosive in terms of content that it was thought necessary to conceal it. In any case, the illustrations do not suggest such an explosive nature. On the contrary, if the content is related to the illustrations, which is to be assumed, then we are dealing with rather trivial topics.
I wouldn't say that we know the contents of the illustrations. There are "plants". There are "cosmological charts". There are "bathing ladies and human organs".
The plants, what are they for? They don't look like realistic depictions of real plants, as far as I understand the consensus. They have weird combinations of details.
The cosmological charts are not a clear copy of any known cosmology, as far as I know.
The balneology, does it really look like medicinal or public health illustrations?
I think that if the manuscript is indeed encoded then the illustrations are more likely a ruse than not. Or at least they are certainly not to be taken literally.