# A religious house's infirmary compendium

> Still possible: The book is the working compendium of a religious house's infirmary: simples, a bloodletting and bathing calendar, baths, the cosmos as a…

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# A religious house's infirmary compendium

The book is the working compendium of a religious house's infirmary: simples, a bloodletting and bathing calendar, baths, the cosmos as a physician needs it, an apothecary's jars and an antidotary.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionGeneratedScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its test on the held-back half haven't settled it: three pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## Evidence 3 for · 2 against

[Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDYWG2XHY/herbal-pages-open-with-a-word-found-on-no-other-page)

Established · weighs some · F-114

FOR

[The illustrations form a medical and natural-philosophical compendium: herbal, zodiac…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDT8245K0/the-illustrations-form-a-medical-and-natural-philosophical)

Supported · weighs some · F-038

FOR

[Topics split the herbal pages into two families (ch-/sh-o-r words such as chol, chor,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDWP62V5K/topics-split-the-herbal-pages-into-two-families-ch-sh-o-r)

Supported · weighs little · F-105

FOR

[Pharmaceutical labels occur in herbal running text no more often than other labels do (26…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDYMP3GWB/pharmaceutical-labels-occur-in-herbal-running-text-no-more)

Supported · weighs little · F-113

AGAINST

[Words of one or two glyphs are not commoner in the recipes than in the herbal (9.3 %…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDZC457PJ/words-of-one-or-two-glyphs-are-not-commoner-in-the-recipes)

Supported · weighs little · F-116

AGAINST

## Tested by 1 run

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-245 | share of 1-2 glyph words by section, half C (recipe reading predicts recipes > herbal) | B 0.104; C 0.132; H 0.134; P 0.108; S 0.093; T 0.110 | | Not supported | 22 Oct |

## The questions it answers

[Who would have made and used it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGC9YR02C0/who-would-have-made-and-used-it)

Part of [What is the book about?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGAY0G20KQ/what-is-the-book-about)

Open6 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A religious house's infirmary compendium [Answer ANS0D8G05FG0QNP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G05FG0QNP
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**ANS** 0D8G05FG0QNP

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Generated, from the llm and box methods

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3 of 3 passed

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[Session 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) · 22 Oct 2026

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