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• RE: Rosettes as a ... magic altar

  JustAnotherTheory > 4 hours ago

  I will note that a prominent feature of (good) forgeries is that they create confusion among experts.

• RE: Rosettes as a ... magic altar

  R. Sale > 4 hours ago

  I made the same connection of the almadel with the central image of the central rosette. It's a horizontal surface suspended between several supports. It's a strong general, structural similarity that the VMs artist may have borrowed but then made certain changes - like the changes made to "Oresme's" cosmos. The VMs now has six supports instead of four. And any trace of information on the VMs has been covered with random stars. Not only is the scale impossible, but this tends to diminish the indicators of cultural origin. It may not be Christianized but it has been substantially neutralized.
  
  Nevertheless, it's not the item that has been borrowed - it's the idea. It is an altar! There it is, smack-dab in the middle, right where an altar is supposed to be - from an early 15th century hypothetical religious perspective.
  
  There are two quatrefoil patterned markers, top and bottom, associated with the circular text band in the central rosette.

• RE: Rosettes as a ... magic altar

  pjburkshire > 3 hours ago

  Are you talking about the illustration representing a magic alter or are you talking about the actual calfskin parchment being used as a magic alter?

• RE: Rosettes as a ... magic altar

  Rafal > 2 hours ago

  By the way, Rosettes are really worn out at the corners, if compared to other pages:
  
  (scan from Beinecke version as Jason Davies version seems to be cleaned a bit):
     
  
  Could it be that some candles or even some heavy holders stood there and kept it on the table so it didn't fly away with a breeze of wind???

• RE: Rosettes as a ... magic altar

  Rafal > 2 hours ago

  And I have one more hypothesis about contacting the spirits in the Voynich Manuscript.
  
  While reading about Lesser Key of Salomon I noticed this fragment:
  
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  The Aerial Spirits of Solomon are Demons associated with the four elements who were commanded by the legendary King Solomon. The aerial spirits are both good and evil. They can show anything in the world that is hidden and can fetch, carry, and do anything contained in the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. They can discover the secrets of anyone, including kings.
  
  The aerial spirits are governed by 31 princes who are aligned to points on a compass. They can be summoned by directing one’s self to their compass position. The princes have dukes and myriad ministering spirits or demons under their command. The princes cannot be summoned by magic unless the magician wears their special seals as a lamen, or pendant, upon the chest. The conjurations of the aerial spirits are given in a grimoire, the Lemegeton, also known as The Lesser Key of Solomon.
  
  They are described in Ars Theurgia Goetia part of Lesser Key of Solomon.
  
  So could this part be about contacting aerial spirits?
  
  
  More to follow 
  
  EDIT: I consider it much less probable than almadel hypothesis but decided it mention it anyway as it could be connected
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