VMs f75r - Nymph Holding Spurtle

[Koen G]

I just don't see why "the author got bored of drawing women" can be the only explanation for a handful of male figures standing out. I guess such ideas are what's making discussion of Voynich imagery impossible. It's so easy to come up with something, dig in, and dismiss what doesn't quite fit. This is not meant as criticism towards any individual; it's simply the way we, as a collective, have decided to approach Voynich imagery. There are some safer exercises like comparing zodiac imagery, but when it comes to the interpretative work (which is also a valid part of art history), we haven't found a viable approach yet. Repeating our own truths and lamenting that we have to repeat them so often is certainly not that approach.