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  Maks1 > Yesterday, 11:19 AM

  Let me clarify right away: I did not use AI or anything like that. I don't speak English, so I used a translator. I apologize for any errors.
  
  Have a good day! Could you tell me if you are considering the alchemical theory? The first symbols in the text resemble the graphic symbols of alchemy from that period. It seems to me that the botanical section graphically shows the apparatus itself or part of it and the reaction taking place inside it, represented by plants and roots. Perhaps it even encodes the element used. In the text, the first symbol denotes the process of heating, cooling, and so on. Then comes the result. It seems to me that it is about obtaining some element through distillation. I think the author was experimenting and mixing substances, and perhaps was describing not formulas, but what they saw with their own eyes — the reaction process itself. What do you think about this? Are there similar theories? Could you tell me what devices were used in the past to tell time?

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  bi3mw > 8 hours ago

  (Yesterday, 11:19 AM)Maks1 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Could you tell me what devices were used in the past to tell time?

  
  I’m not sure if this is what you mean, but I once started a thread about time measurement in the Middle Ages.
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  ololololo > 5 hours ago

  Alchemical illustrations were often allegorical in themselves. A striking example is the Ripley Scrolls.
  But there’s nothing explicitly alchemical in VMS. It’s either hidden and disguised as an herbalist, or… I don’t even know what other options there are.
  
  The only precedent for alchemy is Quire 13. But we should find a specialist in medieval alchemy to start conducting some analyses. 
  
  By the way, Georg Baresch was supposedly an alchemist, but he couldn’t understand the meaning of the illustrations.

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  RadioFM > 3 hours ago

  It's been discussed. You might want to check out these threads for a start:
  
  

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  The Voynich Manuscript is not widely regarded as a purely alchemical text by most researchers. However, facets of alchemy could very well be present.

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  ololololo > 3 hours ago

  (3 hours ago)RadioFM Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It's been discussed. You might want to check out these threads for a start:
  
  

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  The Voynich Manuscript is not widely regarded as a purely alchemical text by most researchers. However, facets of alchemy could very well be present.

  
  It seems that alchemical herbals have nothing in common with alchemy...

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  RadioFM > 3 hours ago

  Well I guess it depends on your definition of alchemy. I listed it just in case.
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