Voynich ManuscriptResearch session
Research session · Voynich Manuscript
Session 1: Initial analysis of a subset of folios
A first pass from a handful of folio images. Zodiac names were proposed for labels on the zodiac pages, four recurring word-beginnings were named as grammatical elements, a Mercury root was read in the pharmacy labels, the bathers were taken for decan figures and the rosette for an al-Idrisi world map. Working thesis: a cosmo-medical encyclopaedia in a purpose-built constructed language.
What it concluded
- Every lexical reading from this session was later found not to occur in the manuscript (session 5).
Answers proposed 7
A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)
ANSH-V01-CONLANG
A gallows glyph (t/k, Currier P/F) opens each entry as a discourse particle.
ANSH-V01-ENTRY-PARTICLE
An astrological-medical compendium (v0.1)
ANSH-V01-ASTROMED
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The rosette fold-out is a six-zone world map in al-Idrisi's climate tradition.
ANSH-V01-ROSETTE-IDRISI
Zodiac labels spell the names of the signs
ANSH-V01-ZODIAC-NAMES
ANS
Methods used 1
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Datasets used 1
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Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Session 1: Initial analysis of a subset of folios [Research session SES08H5VC50788E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/SES08H5VC50788E
@misc{mysteriesdept_ses08h5vc50788e,
title = {Session 1: Initial analysis of a subset of folios},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Research session, catalog key SES08H5VC50788E},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/SES08H5VC50788E}
}