The yellow/blue cube in f102v2

[Davidsch]

This discussion about soap, minerals and the recent posts suggesting similarities between the VM Zodiac section and Lapidary texts (texts about minerals and gemstones) lead me to wonder if this object might be soapstone.

Curiously, the alchemical symbol for soapstone looks like an empty T-O map. Perhaps the diagram at the centre of the VMS f86v3 could be a reference or "visual metaphor" for soapstone, rather than an unfinished T-O map?

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Prof. Rampling writing in an essay found in the new Yale Voynich book suggests that the balneological section is not alchemical but features a kind of visual metaphor that could be paralleled by alchemical illustrations. I wonder if this "visual metaphor" could extend to the script itself (and to other parts of the VMS)?

There are a number of similarities between the VMS script and alchemical symbols, for example. I've included a table excerpted from M.E. D'Imperio's The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma (p.120). The source of this appears to be "Die Geheimsymbole der Alchymie, Arzneikunde und Astrologie des Mittelalters" by G.W.Gessmann, 1922.

The most notable similarities being the EVA:k and EVA:t symbols meaning "to prepare" and "urine" respectively. (The symbol for "month" also looks like the symbol found on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. : You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)

Hi Darren, Nice to see you here.


My eye catched that interesting table, but the source is  "Geheimsymbole der Alchymie, Arzneikunde und Astrologie des Mittelalters" by G.W.Gessmann, 1922"

Everything which has such a dating as 1922 must be handled with high skepticism. 

In fact, I've seen that table before and the contents seems to be based on zero references.