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• RE: Observations on the Visual and Functional Structure of the Voynich Manuscript

  oshfdk > 2 hours ago

  I still don't get it. Do I understand it correctly that by your logic all herbals are intended for semi-literate audience? What about scientific papers with a lot of charts and pictures? How "this books has a lot of images, accompanied by a copious amount of text" leads to "it was intended for semi-literate audience"?

• RE: Observations on the Visual and Functional Structure of the Voynich Manuscript

  emanuele.pegorin > 2 hours ago

  Thanks for the question. I’m not saying that all herbals or illustrated works were for semi-literate people. In the Voynich Manuscript, the images often take up half a page or more and are deliberately enlarged and distorted, so anyone looking can understand immediately. The text is a lot and important, but in some sections the images guide understanding, while the text gives extra details for those who can read. The manuscript could serve both people following the images and those reading for a deeper understanding. I focus only on what can be seen, not on what the text says.

• RE: Observations on the Visual and Functional Structure of the Voynich Manuscript

  oshfdk > 1 hour ago

  (2 hours ago)emanuele.pegorin Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Thanks for the question. I’m not saying that all herbals or illustrated works were for semi-literate people. In the Voynich Manuscript, the images often take up half a page or more and are deliberately enlarged and distorted, so anyone looking can understand immediately. The text is a lot and important, but in some sections the images guide understanding, while the text gives extra details for those who can read. The manuscript could serve both people following the images and those reading for a deeper understanding. I focus only on what can be seen, not on what the text says.

  
  In many herbals images take a large part of the page, this is the normal style of a herbal. What evidence can you provide that the images were enlarged and distorted? For example, let's take this plant below, f37r. Which part of it was enlarged/distorted? What should it look like without enlargement/distortion?
  
     

• RE: Observations on the Visual and Functional Structure of the Voynich Manuscript

  emanuele.pegorin > 1 hour ago

  Let’s take f.86v as an example. Here the image shows a centric, radial visual construction, in some areas also convex, especially in the water-drainage systems. The space is not depicted naturalistically but organized around a functional center, which produces a clear visual distortion of scale and orientation.
  
  The plant image you mentioned, on the other hand, does not really show distortion. It is simply enlarged to the maximum extent to fill the page.

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  JoJo_Jost > 56 minutes ago

  Have you ever looked at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. yourself? Where exactly is the convex perspective here? Could you please explain that more clearly? I don't see any convex representation here.

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  emanuele.pegorin > 44 minutes ago

  The centrico-radiale / centrico-radiale convex perspective describes most of the circular elements in the Voynich Manuscript. In this folio (f.86v), the entire page follows this arrangement: the layout starts from the center and extends toward the edges and sides. Top left shows a funnel illustrating water flow; Top right shows an external drainage channel. Rotating the folio upside down: top left reveals the combination of the three elements, arranged according to the centrico-radiale convex perspective; Top right shows a funnel-like drainage system.
  
  This layout clearly shows how the centrico-radiale / centrico-radiale convex perspective organizes the scene.

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  Rafal > 6 minutes ago

  Like others I have a feeling that you are using AI, maybe to lesser extent than in the worst cases but still.
  
  Let's take this sentence:
  
  

  Quote:The presence of birds nesting or flying in channels signals critical points and operational tasks to be monitored.

  
  What are these critical points and operational tasks signalled by birds? What does this sentence mean?
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