Voynich MS - Quire 8

Or use your browser's BACK button

Voynich MS - Quire 8
Description Quire 8 probably used to contain 5 normal-sized bifolia. The three central bifolia are lost. Quire 8 currently contains folios 57, 58, 65 and 66. The gathering mark is on f66v. Schematic folio layout: Browse interlinear transcription of Quire 8
Folio 57
Normal folio.
f57r
Description Herbal page Large plant. Text in paragraphs. Folio nr. (57) in upper right corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f57r Two paragraphs of slant writing, the second carefully avoiding the plant. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: 2
f57v
Description Cosmological page. Central drawing featuring four 'persons' each holding something. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f57v Four labels radiating from centre and four labels near persons. Four bands with circular text. Outside outermost is a 'start'-marking label. All bands have single characters and signle words. Second ring from outside has four times reapeating sequence of single chars (cf. D'Imperio). Profuse occurrence of special chars. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 58
Normal folio.
f58r
Description Text only, with marginal stars. Star image near start of each para, with 6, 7, 8 points respectively. Folio nr. (58) in upper right corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f58r Three long paragraphs. Analysis Currier language: A Currier hand: -
f58v
Description Text only One six-pointed star near top of page. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f58v Text in apparently four paras. First para longest, with last line centered. All writing very neat. Analysis Currier language: A Currier hand: -
Folio 59
MISSING.
Folio 60
MISSING.
Folio 61
MISSING.
Folio 62
MISSING.
Folio 63
MISSING.
Folio 64
MISSING.
Folio 65
Normal folio.
f65r
Description Herbal page Enormous plant. Folio nr (65) in upper right corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f65r Only two or three words of writing near the plant (label) Analysis Currier language: - Currier hand: -
f65v
Description Herbal page Big plant with small flowers and one larger trumpet-like flower. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f65v Two very short paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: - Currier hand: -
Folio 66
Normal folio.
f66r
Description Text-only page At the bottom, a picture of a dying person accompanied by undetermined boxes. Folio nr (66) in upper right corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f66r Text in five or more paras, with several picnic tables. Left margin has column of words (leftmost) and column of single characters, again with special ones. Near the dying person some Voynich words and 'der muszdel'. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f66v
Description Herbal page Plant with weird curling leaves, alternatingly black and white. Three paras of text above that. Unreadable signature in lower-left corner. Gathering mark in lower-right corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f66v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -