Hi everyone,
sadly I have so far been unable to retrieve any part of the thread that I had started on this subject, so here we are.
I can't remember everything that was posted in the previous thread, but I do recall the reference to ReneZ's list of extraneous writing in the Voynich, which can be found You are not allowed to view links.
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Based on that list, the potential color annotations visible in the Voynich are:
f1v: A single 'g' under the paint of the second leftmost green leaf
f2r: Voynich text (
ios an on ?) under green paint of bottom right leaf (middle petal)
f4r: A capital F in the rightmost flower
The word 'rot' written vertically in the stem of the plant
f9v: A single 'g' to the right of the top right flower
Several characters in the top left flower under the blue paint: 'por' in the top petal, 'p' in the lower left petal and 'r' in the lower right petal
f20r: A 'p' (or possibly an 'r') at the top of the root system
28v: Some apparent symbols in the middle of the flower
32r: A 'p' and what looks like a 'v' or an 'r' in the bottom right flower. There could be another character after the 'p'.
39v: A capital B in the white space between the two green part of the bottom right leaf.
I also recall mentioning the work of Patricia Stirnemann, and have found additional links which may be of interest to those who want to look into color annotations.
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I need to go back and read that article again but I do remember that it mentioned that color annotations appear irregularly within a given MS, and that color indications often show the
sequence in which alternating colors were to be painted. Both of these observations seemed broadly consistent with what can be seen in the Voynich.
Additionally, I found this article by Andreas Petzold which also deals with color annotations:
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I apologize for not remembering the other contributions to the thread, please repost if you do!