# 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…

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# 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.

Session **1** Mar 2026Draft0

## 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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB6A42K76/a-constructed-philosophical-language-v0-1)

H-V01-CONLANG

ANS

[A gallows glyph (t/k, Currier P/F) opens each entry as a discourse particle.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB5AW71JF/a-gallows-glyph-t-k-currier-p-f-opens-each-entry-as-a)

H-V01-ENTRY-PARTICLE

ANS

[An astrological-medical compendium (v0.1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB6HY13H6/an-astrological-medical-compendium-v0-1)

H-V01-ASTROMED

ANS

[The 180-220 labelled bathers of ff. 80-84 are the 360 degrees or decans of a zodiacal…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB62A6HFS/the-180-220-labelled-bathers-of-ff-80-84-are-the-360-degrees)

H-V01-DECANS

ANS

[The rosette fold-out is a six-zone world map in al-Idrisi's climate tradition.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB5TG6NTV/the-rosette-fold-out-is-a-six-zone-world-map-in-al-idrisis)

H-V01-ROSETTE-IDRISI

ANS

[Zodiac labels spell the names of the signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB4BM2SMD/zodiac-labels-spell-the-names-of-the-signs)

H-V01-ZODIAC-NAMES

ANS

[qo- (Currier 4o) is a definite article or nominal prefix.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS08JGB5324BA4/qo-currier-4o-is-a-definite-article-or-nominal-prefix)

H-V01-ARTICLE

ANS

## Methods used 1

[Language-model description of folio images](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFX6J07VFM/language-model-description-of-folio-images)

M-V01-IMG

MTH

## Datasets used 1

[Twelve low-resolution folio images used by the v0.1 draft](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJFP2Q7T/twelve-low-resolution-folio-images-used-by-the-v0-1-draft)

D-V01-IMAGES

DAT

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Session 1: Initial analysis of a subset of folios [Research session SES08H5VC50788E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/SES08H5VC50788E
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**SES** 08H5VC50788E

Kind

Research session

Number

1

Date

Mar 2026

Researchers

apollo, Claude (Anthropic)

Version

2

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