A match for the containers? 16th-17th century ivory vases

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What an odd question to ask a Voynich researcher

Stars and Jars.  For years I have been saying that the star-like images in the Voynich Manuscript do not represent the stars in the night sky and I have gotten nothing but pushback.  People say; They look like stars so they must be stars.

Now I am on the other side of the fence and I'm still getting pushback.  I am saying that the containers are what they look like -- apothecary jars -- and people are saying; No, they can't be what they look like.  They have to be something totally unexpected and exotic.

We really need to get that text figured out.

PJ... I do think many of the "stars" in the Voynich ARE stars, but found this comparative illustration in a book which has several others very reminiscent (IMHO) to various Voynich illustrations:

   

They both have "drippy" tendrils hanging down, and also the (unstarlike) center dots. I think it is a better match than stars.

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Rich