12-07-2026, 09:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2026, 09:28 AM by JustAnotherTheory.)
I would disagree. A large number of depictions of naked women in various manuscripts are drawn with correct(ish) breasts. In the Bellifortis, the Balneis, even alchemical MSs, they were drawn "OK".
I remember reading an online study on medieval depictions of nude females, and in each and every one of them there was at least an effort made to draw the female anatomy with some degree of precision.
I think the OP has a point. Voynichese breasts seem "off". In my opinion, there is a difference between "badly drawn breasts", "low effort breasts" and "I've never seen breasts in my life before". The VMS would be the latter.
I remember reading an online study on medieval depictions of nude females, and in each and every one of them there was at least an effort made to draw the female anatomy with some degree of precision.
I think the OP has a point. Voynichese breasts seem "off". In my opinion, there is a difference between "badly drawn breasts", "low effort breasts" and "I've never seen breasts in my life before". The VMS would be the latter.