Voynich Manuscript - High Resolution Scans (Unknown) - Page 17

⚠The text on this page is written in "Voynichese," a script that remains undeciphered despite centuries of intensive study by cryptographers and linguists. Because the language and its grammar are currently unknown, the text cannot be translated into Modern English. It is presented here in the standard Extensible Voynich Alphabet (EVA) transcription of the original characters.

Folio 8r: Botanical Study (Trilobed Leaf and Tangled Roots)

The illustration on this folio is a full-page botanical drawing. At the top is a large, vibrant green, trilobed leaf resembling that of a grape vine or ivy. Below it is a smaller, semi-circular green bract. A single, thin stem runs vertically down the center of the page, physically dividing the blocks of text. The stem terminates at the bottom in a cluster of tangled, brown, root-like tendrils.

tchor oteor otloras ototh central stem ftar otoda ota tcodar chor
tpotta ee toccar d central stem ototr do dota dait al
ctodar deo la central stem ctodand ctollo rta ctor dy
totar otar otar occas central stem dotor deedy ototh rta dar
olkorra do r occchy dala central stem toto ctta ottodand ctarand
tpod otteey poetordy central stem ota ctolla otccoda kor
ctollo tteodar otorod dar central stem octo daitd

potoi ctolteea tcera central stem otccy deeca tcodand chor
dait otcea tccodar dy central stem octotty otloto kor daitd
otar otodand dait do central stem ottorda ttott ctotta pottand
qo ctodand ctollo tta central stem ctollor otlottody

cto otar chor r tota dy central stem cho ctar tctca dota otodar
deeca ottoy ctor rta tod central stem ocy tcodand kor daittee rtea
qreea ttctolteea otccalteeha central stem torand cttcartad ottea dar
otor dota tollad ota central stem and otcad otta otar otand
ollar dtrand ctarand a central stem dait otar rta toccar otad
dait otcait. ftor dpr central stem ctoe dait ctor dait dait tta
or ctolly tcea o llas central stem ctal tctor dait

The layout of this page is particularly notable because the scribe has justified the text against the central stem of the plant illustration, leaving a physical gap in the middle of each line of text where the drawing resides. This suggests the illustration was likely drawn before the text was written.