Voynich is encrypted ENOCH

[Radim Dobeš]

Let me join the discussion on the instrument thing. 

The key fragment is Revelation 5:8

et cum aperuisset librum quattuor animalia et viginti quattuor seniores ceciderunt coram agno habentes singuli citharas et fialas aureas plenas odoramentorum quae sunt orationes sanctorum

And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

The instrument is originally called kithara ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ). This word is the orgin of our "guitar" word. It is translated in different Bible versions as harp, lyre or zither.

As you may guess, medieval illustrators from Spain or Germany didn't really know what "kithara" is and how it looks  They drew instruments that they were familiar with, like for example lute ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )

And now going to our naked lady from VM:


I was previously wondering what she is holding. Now I would consider 3 options:

1) a musical instrument, inspired by "harps" hold by the Elders in the Revelation scene

2) distaff / spindle, some gadget connected to spinning, I am really bad at this stuff 

3) My personal proposition coming from de Balneis Puteolanis - bellows

The problem with bellows is that people usually hold it with two hands, differently than the nymph in Voynich.

So I would say the best guess is that the inspiration for the nymph could be indeed Elders from Revelation scene holding harps (not looking like harps at all),

Given that I have marked folio You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as the Creation of Adam, I also consider the alternative possibility that the hand spindle is the key element. By spinning thread, Mary was symbolically “weaving” the human body—of flesh and blood—of the Son of God.