Voynich MS - Quire 3

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Folios in Quire 3

Quire 3 contains folios 17 through 24. The gathering mark is on f24v.

folio 17

Normal folio

f17r

Simple plant, has eyes in roots.

Three or four paras of text. Extraneous writing near top of page, once (but no longer) believed to be a reference to the herbal of Pier Andrea Mattioli:

Folio nr (17) in upper right corner

f17v

Plant with berries or currants. Root with hairy bulbs. Somewhat similar to the plant on fol. 96v and the bottom plant on fol. 99r
One flow of text without clear paras.

folio 18

Normal folio

f18r

f18v

folio 19

Normal folio

f19r

Plant with many different types of components. The flower is similar (yet dark instead of light) to that of fol. 2v

f19v

folio 20

Normal folio

f20r

f20v

folio 21

Normal folio

f21r

f21v

folio 22

Normal folio

f22r

f22v

An illustration of this page appears in Levitov (ref), p.109 (<Reeds)

folio 23

Normal folio

f23r

Two of the same plants on branch-like root. Three paras of text. Folio nr (23) in upper right corner

f23v

Flower with 5-fold symmetry, not unlike passion flower (which has 10-fold symmetry). Two paras of text.

folio 24

Normal folio

f24r

Two identical flowers (separated). One flow of text without clear paras. Folio nr (24) in upper right corner

f24v

Plant. Two (or three?) paras of text. Gathering mark (39) in lower rigth corner.

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Latest update: 2003/09/10