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Described as a magical or scientific text, nearly every page contains botanical, figurative, and scientific drawings of a provincial but lively character, drawn in ink with vibrant washes in various shades of green, brown, yellow, blue, and red.Based on the subject matter of the drawings, the contents of the manuscript fall into six sections: 1) botanicals containing drawings of 113 unidentified plant species 2) astronomical and astrological drawings including astral charts with radiating circles, suns and moons, Zodiac symbols such as fish (Pisces), a bull (Taurus), and an archer (Sagittarius), nude females emerging from pipes or chimneys, and courtly figures 3) a biological section containing a myriad of drawings of miniature female nudes, most with swelled abdomens, immersed or wading in fluids and oddly interacting with interconnecting tubes and capsules 4) an elaborate array of nine cosmological medallions, many drawn across several folded folios and depicting possible geographical forms 5) pharmaceutical drawings of over 100 different species of medicinal herbs and roots portrayed with jars or vessels in red, blue, or green, and 6) continuous pages of text, possibly recipes, with star-like flowers marking each entry in the margins.The Voynich Manuscript : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Historical Precedents for the Voynich Manuscript 1 of 28.Download the complete book Voynich Manuscript PDF (Right click and save attachment, or open the file in a new tab, but remember it’s a big file). This content was uploaded by our users and we assume.
Dee apparently owned the manuscript along with a number of other Roger Bacon manuscripts. It is very likely that Emperor Rudolph acquired the manuscript from the English astrologer John Dee (1527-1608). The codex belonged to Emperor Rudolph II of Germany (Holy Roman Emperor, 1576-1612), who purchased it for 600 gold ducats and believed that it was the work of Roger Bacon. Theories range from a secret language or code.For a complete physical description and foliation, including missing leaves, see the Voynich catalog record.Read a detailed chemical analysis of the Voynich Manuscript (8 p., pdf) History of the CollectionLike its contents, the history of ownership of the Voynich manuscript is contested and filled with some gaps.
ReferencesGoldstone, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. Kraus, who had purchased it from the estate of Ethel Voynich, Wilfrid Voynich’s widow. In 1969, the codex was given to the Beinecke Library by H. Voynich purchased the manuscript from the Jesuit College at Frascati near Rome. 1622), an exchange based on the inscription visible only with ultraviolet light on folio 1r which reads: “Jacobi de Tepenecz.” Johannes Marcus Marci of Cronland presented the book to Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) in 1666.
“The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World: Did Roger Bacon Write It and Has the Key Been Found?”, Harper’s Monthly Magazine 143, pp.186–197. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press.Manly, John Mathews. The Cipher of Roger Bacon. New York: Doubleday.Romaine Newbold, William.
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