Voynich Manuscript - High Resolution Scans

Folio 5r: Botanical Study (Blue Bell-flower)

pshold qokeey deey ctheoray darydy
or oiis oiy sshey ckheod dtor cthola
cto cto otand otand sand hodand
tolloeg todhey ctollog sand sshey
ctor dccy ethy ottond ecey qottorond
qltorog cthoray sheody
This first paragraph is positioned to the left of the flower's stem. In the original manuscript, the text wraps slightly around the botanical illustration, suggesting the text was written after the drawing was completed.

These short strings of characters appear in the left margin. In herbal manuscripts of this era, such notes often indicated the names of the plant in different languages or listed specific medicinal properties.

podoty otalor ctor ctolleory sheody
okair ctor dtheor cto ottox dtheody
qollo mdeciai otthea etolla sand
otand eeco ollanda ctor cto tteody
cto koror sheody cthan qottordon
qollog cto ottox d hlay ctad otal ody
sheody d ctor ctollogy ctodannd qolla
ocsoda otalssa octhoda
This larger block of text is located at the bottom of the page, beneath the plant's root system. The repetitive nature of certain "words" (such as "ctor" and "cto") is a hallmark of the Voynich script's structure.

Illustration Description:
The botanical drawing on this page depicts a single-stemmed plant. At the top is a prominent, downward-facing blue bell-shaped flower. Just below the flower are several star-shaped green bracts original: star-shaped bracts; these are leaf-like structures positioned just below the blossom. The stem is slender and green, with several curved, pointed leaves branching off. The root system is quite large and bulbous, colored in shades of brown, with many fine, branching fibers extending downward, suggesting a plant that might be found in moist soil.