Segments, some with the sun or the moon in the center the segmentsįilled with stars and inscriptions, some with the signs of the zodiac andĬoncentric circles of nude females, some free-standing, others emerging from 67r-73v Astronomical or astrological section containing 25Īstral diagrams in the form of circles, concentric or with radiating ![]() The flowers, leaves and the root systems of the individual plants. Special care is taken in the representation of 1r-66v Botanical sections containing drawings of 113 Matter of the drawings, the contents of the manuscript falls into six Various shades of green, brown, yellow, blue and red. Lower right corner, verso, and sometimes on recto.Īlmost every page contains botanical and scientific drawings, manyįull-page, of a provincial but lively character, in ink with washes in XV^^4 (1 triple and 1 double fold-out), XVI^^4 (1 double fold-out ff. 74 missing,įollowed by stubs of conjugate leaves), XIII^^10, XIV^^1 (sextuple fold-out), 12 missing), VIII^^4 (leaves foliated 59 through 64 missing fromĬenter of quire), IX^^2 (double and triple fold-out leaves), 225 x 160 mm.Ĭollation is difficult due to the number of fold-out leaves that are Quadruple-folio and 1 sextuple-folio folding leaves. Leaf foliated) + i (paper), including 5 double-folio, 3 triple-folio, 1 Stars," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 39 (1976) "The Voynich 'Roger Bacon' Cipher Manuscript: Deciphered Maps of Of the Voynich 'Roger Bacon' Cipher," Gazette 49 (1975) pp. Manuscript Once More," Speculum 49 (1974) pp. Star names and plant labels see his "Botany and the Voynich 'Roger Bacon' However, suggested a decipherment that establishes readings for the The Voynich "Roger Bacon" Cipher Manuscript (Carbondale, Illinois, 1978).Īlthough several scholars have claimed decipherments of the manuscript,įor the most part the text remains an unsolved puzzle. Brumbaugh, The Most Mysterious Manuscript: Seem to represent topics known to have interested Bacon (see also Provenanceīelow.) A history of the numerous attempts to decipher the manuscript can beįound in a volume edited by R. To be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes of the illustrations Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparentlyīased on Roman minuscule characters the text is believed by some scholars View digital images from the Beinecke Librarys Digital Images Online database This manuscript is not available for consultation without advance permission from the curator. ![]() BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARYīeinecke MS 408 Central Europe, s.
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