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[Antonio García Jiménez]

On the wall of that big tub there is a row of openings with straight sill and arched top, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

   This idea amuses me a lot. It turns out that the girls on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. get to have hot water in their pools, but the girls on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and f81v—who are in similar pools—have been punished by being denied hot water.

   That row of arches in the pool on folio 78v is merely a Gothic decorative feature that was in vogue in the early 15th century. Architectural motifs from churches were applied to small objects, as in this instance. Thus, the decoration of the basin creates the impression of a piece of goldsmith's work or ornamental architecture. It is the same thing we see in a well-known illustration from Christine de Pizan's Le Chemin de long estude. The nine naked Muses are inside the Fountain of Wisdom, which features a row of blind arches—much like those on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of the Voynich.

   As for the idea that the Voynich's colors aren't original, or that the female figures are merely decorative... it all sounds to me like: "If something gets in the way of my theory, I'll just dismiss it, and the problem is solved".