The Voynich Manuscript Project

Hey Smirkley!
Thanks you've done great research. Since nobody wants to take over the project, I'll still be leader and try to spend a little more time on it. Are you still gathering all the information in a Word file together?
Regards
SP

Yesterday I saw some stuff on TV from Leonardo Da Vinci. They also showed some manuscripts, which look pretty damn similar to the Voynich manuscripts.
Further research will be posted soon.

A breakdown of the folding pages, their positioning in the individual 'quire's'.

Each page is linked to an image of the actual scan of the Yale copy.

CLICK ON EACH PAGE NUMBER to view the full size scan of that page.


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[QUIRE 1]
/-------------- 001r - 001v A1 <--- Start of 'herbal' section
! /------------ 002r - 002v A1
! ! /---------- 003r - 003v A1
! ! ! /-------- 004r - 004v A1
A A A A
! ! ! \-------- 005r - 005v A1
! ! \---------- 006r - 006v A1
! \------------ 007r - 007v A1
\-------------- 008r - 008v A1

[QUIRE 2]
/-------------- 009r - 009v A1
! /------------ 010r - 010v A1
! ! /---------- 011r - 011v A1
! ! ! /--.... (012)
A A A A
! ! ! \-------- 013r - 013v A1
! ! \---------- 014r - 014v A1
! \------------ 015r - 015v A1
\-------------- 016r - 016v A1

[QUIRE 3]
/-------------- 017r - 017v A1
! /------------ 018r - 018v A1
! ! /---------- 019r - 019v A1
! ! ! /-------- 020r - 020v A1
A A A A
! ! ! \-------- 021r - 021v A1
! ! \---------- 022r - 022v A1
! \------------ 023r - 023v A1
\-------------- 024r - 024v A1

[QUIRE 4]
/-------------- 025r - 025v A1
! /------------ 026r - 026v B2
! ! /---------- 027r - 027v A1
! ! ! /-------- 028r - 028v A1
A B A A
! ! ! \-------- 029r - 029v A1
! ! \---------- 030r - 030v A1
! \------------ 031r - 031v B2
\-------------- 032r - 032v A1

[QUIRE 5]
/-------------- 033r - 033v B2
! /------------ 034r - 034v B2
! ! /---------- 035r - 035v A1
! ! ! /-------- 036r - 036v A1
B B A A
! ! ! \-------- 037r - 037v A1
! ! \---------- 038r - 038v A1
! \------------ 039r - 039v B2
\-------------- 040r - 040v B2

[QUIRE 6]
/-------------- 041r - 041v B2
! /------------ 042r - 042v A1
! ! /---------- 043r - 043v B2
! ! ! /-------- 044r - 044v A1
B A B A
! ! ! \-------- 045r - 045v A1
! ! \---------- 046r - 046v B2
! \------------ 047r - 047v A1
\-------------- 048r - 048v B2

[QUIRE 7]
/-------------- 049r - 049v A1
! /------------ 050r - 050v B2
! ! /---------- 051r - 051v A1
! ! ! /-------- 052r - 052v A1
A B A A
! ! ! \-------- 053r - 053v A1
! ! \---------- 054r - 054v A1
! \------------ 055r - 055v B2
\-------------- 056r - 056v A1

[QUIRE 8]
/---------------- 057r - 057v B2
! /-------------- 058r - 058v A
! ! /------......(059)
! ! ! /----......(060)
! ! ! ! /--......(061)
B A ! ! !
! ! ! ! \--......(062)
! ! ! \----......(063)
! ! \------......(064)
! \-------------- 065r - 065v
\---------------- 066r - 066v B <--- End of 'herbal' section

[QUIRE 9]
/-------- 067r1 - 067r2 - 067v2 - 067v1 +-- <--- Start of 'astro/cosmo' section
!
\-------- 068r1 - 068r2 - 068r3 - 068v3 - 068v2 - 068v1 +--+--

[QUIRE 10]
/-------- 069r - 069v
!
\-------- 070r1 - 070r2 - 070v2 - 070v1 +--

[QUIRE 11]
/-------- 071r - 071v
!
\-------- 072r1 - 072r2 - 072r3 - 072v3 - 072v2 - 072v1 +--+--

[QUIRE 12] Details of binding not observed very carefully. Alternative:
possibly f.73 and f.74 once formed a bifolium, and current bistub following
f.73 was added in binding repair after excision of f.74?
--------- 073r - 073v

/--......(074a)
!
\--......(074b) <--- End of 'astro/cosmo' section

[QUIRE 13]
/---------------- 075r - 075v B2 <--- Start of 'biological' section
! /-------------- 076r - 076v B2
! ! /------------ 077r - 077v B2
! ! ! /---------- 078r - 078v B2
! ! ! ! /-------- 079r - 079v B2
B B B B B
! ! ! ! \-------- 080r - 080v B2
! ! ! \---------- 081r - 081v B2
! ! \------------ 082r - 082v B2
! \-------------- 083r - 083v B2
\---------------- 084r - 084v B2 <--- End of 'biological' section

[QUIRE 14]
//======== 085r1 B3
!B <--- 9-rings multiple-fold
\\======== 086r2 - 086v4 - 086v6 - 086v5 - 086v3 +== B3

[QUIRE 15]
/---------- 087r - 087v A4 (herbal)
! /-------- 088r - 088v A4 (pharma)
A A
! \-------- 089r1 - 089r2 - 089v2 - 089v1 +-- A (pharma)
\---------- 090r1 - 090r2 - 090v2 - 090v1 +-- A (herbal)

[QUIRE 16]
/--......(091)
!
\--......(092)

[QUIRE 17]
/---------- 093r - 093v A4 (all herbal)
! /-------- 094r - 094v B5
A B
! \-------- 095r1 - 095r2 - 095v2 - 095v1 +-- B5
\---------- 096r - 096v A4

[QUIRE 18]
/--......(097)
!
\--......(098)

[QUIRE 19]
/---------- 099r - 099v A4? (all pharma)
! /-------- 100r - 100v A4?
A A
! \-------- 101r1,r2 - 101v2 - 101v1 +-- A4?
\---------- 102r1 - 102r2 - 102v2 - 102v1 +-- A

[QUIRE 20]
/-------------------- 103r - 103v BX <--- start of 'stars/recipes'
! /------------------ 104r - 104v BX
! ! /---------------- 105r - 105v BY
! ! ! /-------------- 106r - 106v BX
! ! ! ! /------------ 107r - 107v B
! ! ! ! ! /---------- 108r - 108v B
! ! ! ! ! ! /--......(109)
B B B B B B !
! ! ! ! ! ! \--......(110)
! ! ! ! ! \---------- 111r - 111v B
! ! ! ! \------------ 112r - 112v B
! ! ! \-------------- 113r - 113v B
! ! \---------------- 114r - 114v B
! \------------------ 115r - 115v B
\-------------------- 116r - 116v B <--- end of 'stars/recipes'



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OK ...one more post for now...

A BIG page of Stuff related to the Voynich manuscript

This is a very large listing of other parties with interests in the Voynich Manuscripts.

Having just found this, I thought it would provide many reference points in this project, for online sources of attempts, analysis, and information. I am just beginning to go thru these links myself, to discover where they all are going.

This manuscript originally contained 100 sheets, but was mutilated by Guglielmo Libri in the mid-nineteenth century, and now contains only 90. The missing folios, sold to Lord Ashburnham by Libri, were returned to the Institut de France in 1891. This is the oldest surviving original manuscript of Leonardo. It contains studies of military technology, centrally planned churches, and projects for the "ideal city" and for the flying-machine.





Looks pretty similar huh? I'll find more similar manuscripts.

Another perspektive of the topic:
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Regards
SP

Having only recently noticed that the links that provided the images for the scanned pages, have since expired and become dead sometime in the past, and not having the quarter of a million points it would need to upload them all to ATS, I am just going to provide this link as a reasonable substitute to be used as reference.

Voynich MS - Pages / Folios

On this site you will find the links to view hi-res scans of each page.

Also note that each page section have links with additional analysis available.

Quire 1
Quire 2
Quire 3
Quire 4
Quire 5
Quire 6
Quire 7
Quire 8
Quire 9
Quire 10
Quire 11
Quire 12
Quire 13
Quire 14
Quire 15
Quire 17
Quire 19
Quire 20




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[edit on 12-12-2005 by smirkley]