(01-06-2026, 02:15 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view."Who put these weird and sloppy colors in my weird and sloppy manuscript?"
Just to say, I agree that the colors are problematic, but this is completely in character for the MS. I'd see this as evidence for their authenticity. Lest we forget that the vast majority of Voynich plants are impossible to identify and that we've got nymphs with arms attached to their bellies and lobsters with legs on their tails.
In character for the MS. Out of character for a herbal.
So the basic choices I see are:
1. The person who drew those illustrations knew what those plants were and drew them for their own personal use. But that begs the question, if they knew those plants, why was there a need to add color?
2. They weren't meant to be illustrations that allowed for plant identification. In which case, adding color was simply adding some visual depth.
3. Someone added the color after the book was finished as Jorge suggested from the microscopic work. And that begs another question. Why?
To me, most all of the coloring looks rushed. The outlines, that scribe took more time to get the shapes the way they wanted them. The colorizer, just get it done.
But again, I'm art impaired. I'm still trying to comprehend why someone paid $181.2 million for paint splatter.