Circular text in the Voynich: does the writing actually form a loop?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I've been looking at the circular writing in the Voynich manuscript ... Are there particular folios where you think the writing forms a continuous loop, rather than simply following the shape of the diagram?

I am not aware of any evidence or argument supporting the theory that the texts are a continuous loop, like a miniature You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Pointing the other way, there is common sense (why use a loop sentence, how hard is it to write one) and several bits of evidence:

• On You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. there is a circular frame around the diagram with three rings of text.  All three rings have a wide gap at about 11:00.  Suggesting that each ring begins and ends there.  Possibly the three rings are to be read as a three-line parag.
  
• On f70r2 the frame has four rings of text.  The two outer ones also have aligned breaks at 11:00 with a double radial line in that gap.  That gap too seems to be the starting point for both rings.
  
• On f86v4 the four rings of text have two noticeable set of aligned gaps: at 09:00 and at 12:30.  They suggest that the four quarter-rings from 09:00 to 12:30 are one four-line parag, and the other four three-quater-rings from 12:30 to 09:00 are another parag.
  

So maybe the rings that lack those gaps are continuous loops.  But if we admit that some rings have beginning and end, why should we consider the possibility that some don't?

All the best, --stolfi