Three arguments in favor of an Arabic/Persian-inspired women's health manual

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@ JustAnotherTheory and @deadmoon. Thanks for your continued efforts and materials shared.

Regarding the source deadmoon shared, the few similar symbols are interesting, but amid all others, I think some may be coincidentally similar. 

The overall sense I am getting from that incomplete text in Arabic is that the author is sharing conversations he is having and reporting on about matters, and he is using ciphers to quote them. Those signs are not usual Arabic Abjad letters in most parts. There are some abjad too, but most of the paragraphs with symbols are ciphers, in the sense that he is quoting people in a way that could not be read easily by others, some material may be astrological or geomantic. 

What is remotely possible is that the Voynich author, or her experts, who may have access to Arabic or Persian astrological (or botanical) sources, borrowed some symbols from them for their own purpose. I doubt there is anything more going on here (some sample glyphs or similarities deadmoon was linking may be the following, I share them to make it easier for forum readers).

                           

I transcribed some text randomly in Arabic (some are illegible), and had google translate it to English as below. Despite imperfections, it gives a sense of what is going in that book deadmoon  shared. 

نحست بع تعب حتى ظننتُ انّى لا اقدرحله و هو احتج حضيمى و احتجحت تحجتى اقلحت فى حححى و خاب المحتجج و الصواب الفلجت بجيم و ليست و اقلحت بالحا الممله و انما تصحفت قطنها فحلت تقالا فلج بحجتة و كتب لى ابن الفبا قلى

فغذوت محزونا اذوت صبابة ثكلان قد فضب العدى بهوانى و ل كتب الشيخ شهاب الدين المترجم للمخدوم بسط الله ظلاله قحله

ثم كتب لى شمس الدين اب الرضى المذكور

فحللتها بحضوره سريعاً لسهولته و هى اذا جادت الدنيا عليك فحبها على النّاس طرّا انها تتقلب فلا الجود يقينها اذا هى قبلت و لا البخل يبقتها اذا هى تذهب و كتب لى ناصر الدين ابن الطوسى

Google translated:

I felt so tired that I thought I couldn't bear it, and he protested against my argument, and I presented my counter-argument. I failed in my attempt, and the protester was disappointed. The correct answer was with the letter 'jim', not 'waw', and I failed with the letter 'ha' (the heavy one), but its meaning was distorted, so I solved it with an argument, and Ibn al-Faba wrote to me.

So I became sorrowful, consumed by longing, bereaved, for the enemy had triumphed over me with humiliation. And Sheikh Shihab al-Din, the translator for the esteemed one (may God extend his blessings), wrote to me.

Then Shams al-Din Abu al-Rida, the aforementioned, wrote to me.

I solved it quickly in his presence because of its ease, and it is: When the world is generous to you, share its bounty with all people, for it is ever-changing. Neither generosity guarantees its permanence when it comes, nor does stinginess preserve it when it departs. And Nasir al-Din Ibn al-Tusi wrote to me …