Post by anansi on Jun 20, 2011 11:46:45 GMT -5
The Voynich script is a mysterious script of European origin I have seen reference to it in the past,I never really bothered looking into it casually brushing it off as a fake but looking into it again I have found some useful links and a claim that it has been deciphered, in it are information of a biological nature,astronomy,Herbal or medicines and so forth perhaps it was a means of keeping science alive in an otherwise dark age Europe,when such thing as high mathematics and astronomy could get you burnt at the stake but all this came out at the end of the middle ages.
The Voynich MS is a "codex" of relatively small size, measuring 23.5 x 16.2 cm. It originally consisted of at least 116 parchment folios, of which 104 still remain. Unusually, some folios are two or three times the normal size and are folded to fit in the book. There is one large double foldout folio of six times the normal size. The MS is written in an elegant, but otherwise unknown script and almost all pages of the MS contain illustrations. The book is about 5 cm thick and has a blank limp vellum cover that does not contain any indication of age, authorship or origin.
Both the illustrations and the script of the manuscript are unique. While the script cannot be read, the illustrations are the only clue about the nature of the book. According to these illustrations, the manuscript appears to be a scientific book, mostly an illustrated herbal with some additional sections.
Herbal
What is commonly called the herbal section fills about half the volume. It consists of page-filling drawings of single plants with short paragraphs of text written beside them. Occasionally, two plants are shown on a single page.
This layout is similar to that of some historical illustrated herbal manuscripts. While a few of the drawings do resemble existing plants, most of the drawings appear to be fantastic compositions.
Astronomical
Following is a section with astronomical and so-called cosmological drawings
The astronomical pages feature drawings of circular design, with images of the sun, the moon and arrangements of stars. Cosmological drawings have a similar layout but include other more abstract features such as rosettas, tubes and pipes. A section of the astronomical pages (which is usually called the astrological section) has illustrations of the zodiac, surrounded by circles of mostly nude female figures holding stars.
www.voynich.nu/
www.edithsherwood.com/voynich_decoded/
The Voynich MS is a "codex" of relatively small size, measuring 23.5 x 16.2 cm. It originally consisted of at least 116 parchment folios, of which 104 still remain. Unusually, some folios are two or three times the normal size and are folded to fit in the book. There is one large double foldout folio of six times the normal size. The MS is written in an elegant, but otherwise unknown script and almost all pages of the MS contain illustrations. The book is about 5 cm thick and has a blank limp vellum cover that does not contain any indication of age, authorship or origin.
Both the illustrations and the script of the manuscript are unique. While the script cannot be read, the illustrations are the only clue about the nature of the book. According to these illustrations, the manuscript appears to be a scientific book, mostly an illustrated herbal with some additional sections.
Herbal
What is commonly called the herbal section fills about half the volume. It consists of page-filling drawings of single plants with short paragraphs of text written beside them. Occasionally, two plants are shown on a single page.
This layout is similar to that of some historical illustrated herbal manuscripts. While a few of the drawings do resemble existing plants, most of the drawings appear to be fantastic compositions.
Astronomical
Following is a section with astronomical and so-called cosmological drawings
The astronomical pages feature drawings of circular design, with images of the sun, the moon and arrangements of stars. Cosmological drawings have a similar layout but include other more abstract features such as rosettas, tubes and pipes. A section of the astronomical pages (which is usually called the astrological section) has illustrations of the zodiac, surrounded by circles of mostly nude female figures holding stars.
www.voynich.nu/
www.edithsherwood.com/voynich_decoded/