| Poll: What do you think the Voynich Manuscript is about? You do not have permission to vote in this poll. |
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| Alchemy / Distillation / Pharmacology | 12 | 14.29% | |
| Ancient Prophecy / Religious Text | 3 | 3.57% | |
| Astrology / Hermeticism / Astronomy / Cosmology | 19 | 22.62% | |
| Magic / Black Magic / Witchcraft / Forbidden Knowledge | 2 | 2.38% | |
| Medical / Biological Anatomy | 17 | 20.24% | |
| Pilgrimage Routes / Journal of Travels | 0 | 0% | |
| Plants: Medicinal, Poisonous, or Hallucinogenic | 15 | 17.86% | |
| Plumbing / Bathing / Spa Culture / Wild Parties | 1 | 1.19% | |
| Textile Dyeing Manual (using plants as dye sources) | 1 | 1.19% | |
| Don't know / Other / No Meaning | 14 | 16.67% | |
| Total | 84 vote(s) | 100% | |
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The Meaning Survey - March 2026
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08-03-2026, 04:28 PM
(08-03-2026, 04:07 PM)pjburkshire wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Is there any particular commonly believed mystic mystery of the early 15th century that you see being represented in that illustration? One plausibility that I proposed for quire 13 was witchcraft [ You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ]. In particular the pipes could possibly represent the conduits by which spells travel through the ether. |
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