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[Jorge_Stolfi]

The main problem in interpreting the Voynich iconography is that there are no good contemporary parallels, that is, similar images that allow us to make confident statements.

Indeed. And you know my explanation: the VMS images are chimeras, based on a core of meaningful sketches of non-European things and concepts by the Author, augmented by an European Scribe with decorative elements taken from his imagination or cribbed from other European books.  And sometimes further "enhanced" by later Restorers.

Thus, while many details have parallels in contemporary European manuscripts, the images as a whole, and their meaning, have none.

For example, on page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. I would say that the meaningful elements are the shapes of the root and of the leaves, which are from a plant not known in Europe (and both details apparently were misunderstood and mangled by the Scribe).  The branching pattern, the leaf stalks, the arrangement of leaves along the stems, and the flowers are all random fill by the Scribe.

Also, in the Zodiac pages I believe that the meaningful elements are only the division of the year into 24 sections of 15 degrees (rather than 12 months of 28/29/30/31 days) and the labels assigned to each degree.  And probably the approximate sync of that division with the Western months.  Maybe (but probably not) also the number of rays in the star assigned to each degree, e.g. indicating its magnitude. Everything else seems to be decoration contributed by the Scribe.

All the best, --stolfi