Merpersons

[don of tallahassee]

That may be true. But I don't think a church in Pereslavl-Zalessky is relevant. Not that I doubt your memory.

The artist of The Voynich Manuscript was good enough not to be that far off.

Also - the eyes are not very pronounced - maybe an illusion, maybe a deliberate ruse of some sort - the vee halts all doubt in my mind. And the four ladies in the images all look to me like they're each going to lift a leg right over the top of the costume.

That, to me, is the much more convincing argument.

Thank you.

Don of Tallahassee