tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post6258526115195709199..comments2024-02-09T20:16:46.896-06:00Comments on Res Obscura: Images from the Voynich ManuscriptBenjamin Breenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-88347177965759934042010-09-21T06:23:42.666-05:002010-09-21T06:23:42.666-05:00I got introduced to Voynich Manuscript just recent...I got introduced to Voynich Manuscript just recently, by a book (which is still half unread). I downloaded the full reproduction PDF and leafed it through. Contrary to the usual fascination of decoding the script, I just looked the pictorial story. We do not have any opportunity to decode a text without knowing what it tells (and with which language). I think the unravelling of Voynich begins from pictorial -- artistic -- analysis of it's symbology.<br /><br />So, let us look how the visual story goes, and after that, compare it's symbols to symbology and thinking of manuscript's age of creation.<br /><br />I am just in the beginning, having only leafed MS through. So, I just leave my 5¢ worth here. My first impression is about feminine forms representing life force in plants (which are symbolic and invented) and in heavens; some sort of unified life theory, maybe written in code for protection from ecclesistical authorities.<br /><br />Also, I am just an amateur, a graphic designer.eero raunionoreply@blogger.com