The left side has an abstract image of an eye, in the bottom rosette, and a mouth in the top rosette. I started with the corner rosettes, and their connecting imagery. The eight “outer” ones are all connected with dramatic imagery, but the center “inner” one is only connected to the side rosettes, and in a much more subtle manner.
One on each of the four corners, one on each of the four sides, and another, in the center. The first thing you notice, are the circular objects, which I will refer to as: Rosettes. I will only be discussing, essentially, levels 1 and 2, of this imagery. It is for the initiated, and those with certain knowledge, gifts, and/or skill sets. Level 3 – This is esoteric knowledge, that varies, depending on subject matter.It reveals to you, what you need to know, to understand the imagery, and its main story. Level 2 – This level is the main communication.What are the most rudimentary things being communicated? And, what does that reveal? Level 1 – This is the orienting level.There are usually three levels of communication in imagery of this nature, each giving a deeper understanding of the overall communication. I have no idea what methods are taught in schools and universities, or if I could explain them beyond the rudimentary form I present here. The methods, and systems used and described, are of my own creation, from my self-educated mind. The foldout I will be discussing is more than sufficient, and it was, designed to be read and revealed. To better express how I came to my theories, I will attempt to explain how I read the imagery in a painting or illustration, that is of sufficient complexity in its nature, and possesses communication intended to be read. A short article I would recommend is The expertly written, and concise article: Secret Knowledge or Hoax? by Eamon Duffy, for the New York Review of books, from the, 20 th of April 2017, edition announcing the book The Voynich Manuscript, edited by Raymond Clemens, with an introduction by Deborah Harkness.
I am not going to take the time to tell the full history here. Many previous owners falling prey to its mystery, and all seem to imbibe it with great value and importance. It then passed from, owner to owner, until reaching Mr. What appear to be recipes, using a variety of roots. It then passed to his Court Pharmacist, who, one would assume, had an interest in the book, because of the many pages full of imagery that evokes the ideas of pharmacology, herbal remedies, and other healing arts. The, seemingly, most accepted story is it was sold to Rudolf II, during his reign as Holy Roman Emperor, around 1582, for 600 golden ducats. Much of the early history of the book is unknown.
Those who have tried, include some of the greatest minds of the 20 th century and today, as well as, their computers. Their decryption has continued to confound those trying to break its code, and has for hundreds of years. It has cryptic text written in script throughout the book, representing 1000’s of words. It is a codex, or book, of over 230 pages, filled with complex and ornately painted images of plant life, astronomy, astrology, and many non-erotically drawn images of naked women doing mysterious things with, in, and, around, water. He was the first to bring it to the attention of scholars, cryptographers, medievalists, and more. The Manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a rare book collector who purchased it in 1912.
I’ve made these posts for the scholars of the manuscript, and those who wish to decode its hidden language known as: Voynichese. I just wanted to document, and share more widely, some thoughts I shared online previously. I am not going to express much of my analysis of the whole manuscript. I will demonstrate what it is referring to, and how I came to that conclusion, using the imagery of the foldout. In this post, I will attempt to demonstrate that I have decoded the largest foldout in the Voynich Manuscript.