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Voynich MS - Quire 4

Description

Quire 4 is a standard quire containing folios 25 through 32. The gathering mark is on f32v.

All pages in this quire have herbal illustrations, but there is a mixture of pages with Currier languages A and B.

Schematic folio layout:

Folio 25

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f25r.

f25r  

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (25) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

A simple plant, with small brown 'beans' attached to the stem in a few places.

Text

There are 6 lines of text in a single paragraph, with an additional 'name' right-justified on the last line of the text (a co-called 'title').

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f25r

Other information

 

  f25v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant apparently without flower (but difficult to see). There is a small animal that looks like a dragon, apparently eating from the bottom leaf.

Text

There are seven lines of text in a single paragraph at the top of the page.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f25v

Other information

 

Folio 26

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f26r.

f26r  

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>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (26) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

A plant with plain roots and blue flowers on two stalks.

Text

There are 10 liens of text in two paragraphs, written around the top of the plant picture.

Currier language: B
Currier hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f26r

Other information

 

  f26v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

A plant with lots of symmetrically arranged small leaves and many small blue flowers.

Text

There are nine lines of text in a single paragraph, written above the plant.

Currier language: B
Currier hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f26v

Other information

 

Folio 27

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f27r.

f27r  

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>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (27) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

This page has two different plants, a larger one with long leaves and two small flowers and a much smaller one that just consists of a root with three small leaves.

Text

There are 13 lines of text in two paragraphs. The second ends with a single centred word.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f27r

Other information

The smaller plant looks like Asarum.

  f27v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

The root of the plant has nails or teeth. The leaves are small and oblong and there are five white flowers with a red heart.

Text

There are 8 lines of text in a single paragraph at the top of the page, avoiding the flowers.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f27v

Other information

 

Folio 28

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f28r. There are three holes in the parchment of this folio. The largest one has partly been stitched.

f28r  

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>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
There are three holes in this page. The largest one has partly been stitched.
Folio nr. (28) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Simple root, a crown of green leaves and a long stem with structure rising from it (like a periscope).

Text

There are 9 lines of text in a single paragraph.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f28r

Other information

 

  f28v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
There are three holes in this page. The largest one has partly been stitched.

Illustration(s)

Large white flower with a similar green flower behind it.

Text

There are nine lines of writing in three short paragraphs. The second one has a 'signature'.

There are some very small symbols in the middle of the white flower.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f28v

Other information

 

Folio 29

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f29r.

f29r  

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>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (29) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with alternating blue and green leaves.

Text

There are 9 lines of text in two paragraphs.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f29r

Other information

 

  f29v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with different kinds of green. Six green bulbs and one blue flower. The root has some needles.

Text

There are 12 lines of text in three paragraphs.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f29v

Other information

 

Folio 30

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f30r.

f30r  

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>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (30) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant with long green leaves and small blue flowers. The green painting was done very inaccurately.

Text

There are 13 lines of text in two paragraphs.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f30r

Other information

 

  f30v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant with a conspicuous root, brown leaves and tendrils.

Text

There are 11 lines of text in a single paragraph.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f30v

Other information

 

Folio 31

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f31r.

f31r  

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (31) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing. A long twisted brown root, all leaves to the left and unpainted flowers to the right and to the top. The leaves have been painted green very inaccurately.

Text

There are 16 lines of text in three paragraphs of text. The last line is centred.

Currier language: B
Currier hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f31r

Other information

 

  f31v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

A plant with leaves to the right (several green and one brown), two flowers to the left and what looks like seeds at the top..

Text

There are 11 lines of text in two paragraphs.

Currier language: B
Currier hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f31v

Other information

If anything, this looks like a thistle.

Folio 32

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f32r.

f32r  

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr. (32) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing. Many small green leaves. Five flowers in white and blue, with small yellow crown.

Text

There are 19 lines of text in two paragraphs. The second paragraph has very short lines ending at the plant.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f32r

Other information

 

  f32v

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Gathering mark (49) in lower right corner.

Illustration(s)

A very tall plant drawing. Large root, small starry leaves dn three blue flowers with four smaller buds.

Text

There are 11 lines of text in two paragraphs.

Currier language: A
Currier hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f32v

Other information

 

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