116v

[JoJo_Jost]

@ Stolfi

Yes, but these are all just more speculation. 

Even when I zoom in incredibly far, I can’t see any signs of tracing.

The downward strokes visible on the ‘p’s’ are caused by him moving the quill very dynamically and jerkily; you can tell from the length. That’s why they’re so faint. And, unlike to the other images of 116v, u can see in this picture, that they fit perfectly into the ‘p’. The upward stroke in the ‘f’ of ‘af’ is probably the decisive clue that it is not an ‘s’ but indeed an ‘f’.

You’re always asking for proof and evidence. And that’s a good thing!

But here, the evidence is lacking. It’s all speculation, based essentially on the fact that there are two Voynich words in the text and that there’s a large watermark.

However interesting your theory may be, the evidence is missing… sorry

All we know is this:

"A charm with alliteration and rhymes, featuring crosses, which are also typical. We have the charm in the margin of the final page, which is also typical of charms. We recognise the word ‘Maria’, so we have a Christian reference, which also supports the theory that it is a charm. We have Latin words that may not be spelled correctly, which is also typical of a charm from that period.

Then we have a number of words that are clearly German and probably German (clearly: Six vix, so nim, mich, Poxleber; probably: palsen, pinen, gas (es as).
And two words that are probably Voynichese.

The rest are assumptions. And for me, it’s simply this: the more assumptions have to resort to, the less sound the theory is… 

It reminds me a bit of a German joke:

“Do you know why elephants have red eyes?”
“No?”
“So they can hide better in cherry trees… Have you ever seen an elephant in a cherry tree?”
“No.”
“Well, there you go – that shows just how well they can hide in cherry trees!”