09-10-2025, 11:37 AM
I just went back to my notes...
Some supposed 'gold specks' were on my list of things to look at during the Folger 2014 workshop. These had been highlighted in one of the older Voynich fora by a contributor called David Suter. Most are on f46v, the page with the so-called "eagle root". I include a figure he had prepared for this:
This was looked at under a laboratory microscope similar to the one used for the McCrone images, under various magnifications. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of these views. The positive identification that these are drops of gum was from a professional conservator. I was fortunate enough to see this as well. They were clearly tiny 3-dimensional blobs and translucent.
I hope you will understand that I trust this positive identification.
It is of course entirely possible that the item in the nymph's face discussed before this is something else, but to me it looks very similar.
Some supposed 'gold specks' were on my list of things to look at during the Folger 2014 workshop. These had been highlighted in one of the older Voynich fora by a contributor called David Suter. Most are on f46v, the page with the so-called "eagle root". I include a figure he had prepared for this:
This was looked at under a laboratory microscope similar to the one used for the McCrone images, under various magnifications. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of these views. The positive identification that these are drops of gum was from a professional conservator. I was fortunate enough to see this as well. They were clearly tiny 3-dimensional blobs and translucent.
I hope you will understand that I trust this positive identification.
It is of course entirely possible that the item in the nymph's face discussed before this is something else, but to me it looks very similar.