25-10-2025, 09:27 AM
To keep focusing on that one nymph for a moment. The idea seems to be that there were reasonable drawings first, and then the retracer messed everything up. I would like to see what the original version of that nymph looked like. There is just no way you can make it look like a normal drawing of a human being.
The image I see in the Voynich nymphs is not one of a retracer making things unclear. Rather, I see an artist seeking refuge to a few familiar poses and struggling whenever they needed to deviate.
The standard pose is: close leg straight, far leg bent. Close arm goes from sholder/neck behind the body, bent at the elbow to allow the hand to rest on the hips or hang down somewhat behind the body. Far arm variable but often stretched out in front.
You will find a hundred deviations from this, of course, but these are the places where you often see them struggle. Where they sometimes have to erase and try again. Maybe in some cases ask someone else for help? When it comes to the drawings, there is no evidence whatsoever that an unknowing person acted later, independent from the first person.
The image I see in the Voynich nymphs is not one of a retracer making things unclear. Rather, I see an artist seeking refuge to a few familiar poses and struggling whenever they needed to deviate.
The standard pose is: close leg straight, far leg bent. Close arm goes from sholder/neck behind the body, bent at the elbow to allow the hand to rest on the hips or hang down somewhat behind the body. Far arm variable but often stretched out in front.
You will find a hundred deviations from this, of course, but these are the places where you often see them struggle. Where they sometimes have to erase and try again. Maybe in some cases ask someone else for help? When it comes to the drawings, there is no evidence whatsoever that an unknowing person acted later, independent from the first person.