# Were text and pictures made together? · Voynich Manuscript

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# Were text and pictures made together?

Asked 28 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·Part of [What is the object, and who made it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFXN6R2VQ6/what-is-the-object-and-who-made-it)·0 answers·0·0 following

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Text and drawing order: code, page by page, whether text stops at, runs around or crosses the drawings and where ink lies over paint, against the 2009 McCrone ink and pigment report. Data needed: the per-page overlap coding.

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## History

1. Oct 2026[Session 5: raised the question](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/SES0D8B8QS022BX/session-5-re-analysis-from-the-transliteration-book-v1-0)

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[When was the parchment made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFY3VG0S0J/when-was-the-parchment-made)Answered · 1404–1438, by radiocarbon

[What order were the leaves in?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFYJG87ZFD/what-order-were-the-leaves-in)Answered · The sheet is the unit of composition

[How many scribes wrote it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFZ1503NFG/how-many-scribes-wrote-it)Answered · five, by their letterforms

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