# A scholastic encyclopaedia of nature

> Still possible: The book is a natural-philosophical encyclopaedia of the scholastic kind, organised by domain (plants, heavens, waters, medicines), in a…

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# A scholastic encyclopaedia of nature

The book is a natural-philosophical encyclopaedia of the scholastic kind, organised by domain (plants, heavens, waters, medicines), in a constructed or private notation (the v0.1 framing).

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## Evidence 3 for · none 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

## 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)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A scholastic encyclopaedia of nature [Answer ANS0D8G06ER39DQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G06ER39DQ
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