13-11-2025, 08:47 PM
It's very easy to get lost with the Voynich iconography. Some images are very difficult to interpret, but others are not so difficult thanks to parallel images from the period, such as those I mentioned in the previous post. Within the same pharmaceutical section, there are some small cylindrical containers that some have mistaken for optical instruments, such as microscopes. This is quite absurd if one compares them to antique microscopes, given the minimal resemblance. Furthermore, if the luxurious containers we see in that same section clearly indicate that they are there to collect the essential oils from the roots and leaves that accompany them, how could the small cylindrical jars not serve the same purpose?
It is not easy to find exact parallels, but in this miniature from the 15th century we see four containers on the shelf, and two of them bear a certain resemblance to those in the Voynich.
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It can be seen that both jars are made up of two cylinders, the upper one having a smaller diameter giving the impression that it is inserted into the larger one, just as happens in the Voynich cylinders, although it is an optical illusion and they are simply superimposed.
It is not easy to find exact parallels, but in this miniature from the 15th century we see four containers on the shelf, and two of them bear a certain resemblance to those in the Voynich.
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It can be seen that both jars are made up of two cylinders, the upper one having a smaller diameter giving the impression that it is inserted into the larger one, just as happens in the Voynich cylinders, although it is an optical illusion and they are simply superimposed.