Voynich MS - Quire 20

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Folios in Quire 20

Description

Quire 20 probably contained 7 normal-sized bifolia, of which the central bifolio is now missing. The remaining folios are numbered 103 through 108 and 111 through 116. The gathering mark is (unusually) on f103r.

This gathering contains the complete 'recipes' section.

Schematic folio layout:

Browse interlinear transcription of Quire 20

Analysis

The section owes its name to the fact that it has short paragraphs preceded by a star each, and each paragraph is possibly a recipe valid for one day of the year. Because (at least) one bifolio is missing, it is not certain whether there were indeed 365 paragraphs in total.

Tiltman analysed this section very thoroughly, and drew a number of conclusions (to be included here).

Theodore Petersen, in his hand transcription, made the point of transcribing each paragraph on a single line (spanning several pages in width), hoping to find some indication of a similar structure in each paragraph

Folio 103
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f103r.
f103r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text in short paragraphs with stars in left margin. There are 19 stars and 54 text lines. This folio has a gathering mark "20" in the lower left corner. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f103r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
f103v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text in short paragraphs with stars in left margin. There are 14 or 15 stars and 46 text lines. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f103v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
Folio 104
Normal folio.
f104r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f104r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
f104v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f104v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
Folio 105
Normal folio.
f105r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f105r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: Y
f105v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f105v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: Y
Folio 106
Normal folio.
f106r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) IMG: Yale B/W copy of this page (jpg 322 kB) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f106r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
f106v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f106v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: X
Folio 107
Normal folio.
f107r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f107r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f107v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f107v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 108
Normal folio.
f108r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f108r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f108v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f108v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 109
MISSING.
Folio 110
MISSING.
Folio 111
Normal folio.
f111r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f111r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f111v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f111v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 112
Normal folio.
f112r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f112r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f112v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f112v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 113
Normal folio.
f113r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f113r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f113v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f113v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 114
Normal folio.
f114r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f114r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f114v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f114v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 115
Normal folio.
f115r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f115r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f115v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f115v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
Folio 116
Normal folio.
f116r
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) Description Text-only page, with stars in margin Text Browse interlinear transcription of f116r Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: B Currier hand: -
f116v
>> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (Mr.SID, nnn kByte) >> IMG: High-res image at Beinecke (jpg, nnn kByte) IMG: Yale B/W copy of this page (jpg 197 kB) IMG: Yale B/W copy of this page (jpg 189 kB) Description Text-only page This page contains the famous lines of extraneous writing which have inspired many researchers of the Voynich MS. At the very top edge there is some writing in a tiny script. It can barely be made out. Below that, and in a larger script, there are three lines in what appears to be a mixture of Latin, German and Voynich script. It has been faithfully reproduced by >> IMAGE: Jorge Stolfi. Text Browse interlinear transcription of f116v Two paragraphs of text. Analysis Currier language: - Currier hand: - Analysis The alphabet used by the writer seems very similar to the one presented at the following IMAGE: 15th Century German alphabet table.