Everything about "pox leber" as a minced oath, and an earlier source.
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Just watched the Voynich Talk video on the poxleber page, found that very intriguing.

Now I'm no scholar, just a regular n00b, but the first thing that came to my mind was that that "poxleber" might mean somebody who is sick (living with the pox). The first line could be a headline saying something like "Charm for a poxleber", and the content of this page would be some sort of remedy?

   

Maybe that's been thought of and debunked already, but it would make sense to me in the plausible context. I don't know much German, nor much about medieval litterature so maybe I'm way off here, but I haven't really seen this theory discussed anywhere. I'd be interested in hearing thoughts and suggestions on that. Please do debunk Big Grin

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RE: Everything about "pox leber" as a minced oath, and an earlier source. - by DvP20 - 12-01-2026, 08:38 PM

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