# What do the later additions say? · Voynich Manuscript

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# What do the later additions say?

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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## Next steps 3

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Zodiac calendar: count figures per sign and compare with days, decans and medieval calendar schemes; read the month names' spelling for dialect.

~8 h

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Later additions: gather the readings of the f116v marginalia, the month names and the erased f1r signature from the literature and the 2024 multispectral images, with a palaeographic date for each hand.

~8 h

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External records: search Prague, Milan and Padua inventories and letters of c. 1400-1610 for descriptions of a book like this.

~20 h

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