03-09-2026, 04:59 PM
I will try to further refine what I see, although—as I have said before—perhaps trying to decipher every single detail is a futile task.
I do not see rocks or water, because I assume the entire drawing is meant to represent space—not the space near Earth, but the space situated above the Moon. In other words, the perfect and eternal universe of Aristotelian cosmology. The spheres of the Rosettes are connected—not by bridges or rock strata, as they appear to you, but by light, astral fluid, and ether: the quintessence that fills that universe. Moreover, the fact that these zones are raised may be a device used by the author to simulate height and space.
The author uses this device as well to represent, on a flat plane, the three-dimensionality of the Earth floating in space by drawing those houses over the abyss or that tower without a base. He achieves a vertical profile that suggests there is nothing below. This creates the sensation that everything is suspended in space.
I know that what I am saying will not convince everyone, but I want to point out that there are clearly cosmological pages that share elements with the Rosettes foldout. And it is most likely that this sheet is an attempt by the Voynich authors to represent the medieval universe.
I do not see rocks or water, because I assume the entire drawing is meant to represent space—not the space near Earth, but the space situated above the Moon. In other words, the perfect and eternal universe of Aristotelian cosmology. The spheres of the Rosettes are connected—not by bridges or rock strata, as they appear to you, but by light, astral fluid, and ether: the quintessence that fills that universe. Moreover, the fact that these zones are raised may be a device used by the author to simulate height and space.
The author uses this device as well to represent, on a flat plane, the three-dimensionality of the Earth floating in space by drawing those houses over the abyss or that tower without a base. He achieves a vertical profile that suggests there is nothing below. This creates the sensation that everything is suspended in space.
I know that what I am saying will not convince everyone, but I want to point out that there are clearly cosmological pages that share elements with the Rosettes foldout. And it is most likely that this sheet is an attempt by the Voynich authors to represent the medieval universe.

