The spindle is one of the earliest ID's for the thing, and definitely a possibility.
If that is the case, spinning seems to be an important theme in the bathy section, as there is one more possible spindle represented (at the top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ).
If the thing is a spindle, the following image may also give us a hint about why the thing and the "ring" are pictured together in the Voynich:
![[Image: 7008251.JPG]](http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7008251.JPG)
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.,The Trojan War (ÖNB 2773, fol. 137r), c. 1445-1450
But I still am bothered by the fact that although the outline of the thing may be shaped like a spindle, the actual pattern on it does not at all look like thread.
If it is a spindle, why the row of dots on the thing, rather than lines like coiled thread?
If that is the case, spinning seems to be an important theme in the bathy section, as there is one more possible spindle represented (at the top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ).
If the thing is a spindle, the following image may also give us a hint about why the thing and the "ring" are pictured together in the Voynich:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.,The Trojan War (ÖNB 2773, fol. 137r), c. 1445-1450
But I still am bothered by the fact that although the outline of the thing may be shaped like a spindle, the actual pattern on it does not at all look like thread.
If it is a spindle, why the row of dots on the thing, rather than lines like coiled thread?