Voynich Manuscript - High Resolution Scans (Unknown) - Page 16

⚠The text on this page is written in "Voynichese," a script that remains undeciphered despite centuries of intensive study by cryptographers, linguists, and computer scientists. As the language and its syntax are currently unknown, the text cannot be translated into Modern English. It is presented here in a standard transcription of the original characters.

Folio 25v: Botanical Study (Ciliate Rosette and Stalked Pods)

pchochy otey horady qoteey olteex 89 8and potodody
archy etey 8and qolley otchey 8and ettey tey tted
qolteey dolteey cethy hteey lta lta 8o2 eeey op otor dy
otoltal odad otodoty 8and oto hteey ctor sae 2 8or
soro 8and qolteey ceeey hteey

This first block of text is positioned above the plant's foliage. The repetition of "8and" and "qolteey" is characteristic of the manuscript's internal patterns, which some scholars believe resemble the structure of natural languages or herbalist formulas.

potor otos deodand cto 8and olteector 8and qod
oltodain potoccor odam ctotorey 8or 8or 8or and
qottecco r otoccor dy qotteey ltey o ptor d 8and
cto hted 8and ctolteey 8or scor 89 8or 8and

The illustration on this page shows a plant with a "basal rosette"—a circular arrangement of leaves at the base of the stem. The leaves are "ciliate" original: "fringed or hairy margins", a detail carefully rendered with fine lines. Several leaves are colored with a green pigment, while two are painted a reddish-orange. A single stalk rises from the center, bearing two small pods or closed buds. While these features are found in various plant families like the Saxifragaceae or Droseraceae, the combination of colors and the specific leaf shape does not definitively match a known species, which is common in the Voynich "herbal" section.

Small digit "1" written in a later hand in the bottom right corner.