Voynich Manuscript - High Resolution Scans (Unknown) - Page 18

⚠The text on this page is written in "Voynichese," a script that has defied all attempts at decryption by the world’s leading cryptographers and linguists for centuries. Because the language, grammar, and even the alphabet remain a mystery, the text cannot be translated into Modern English. It is presented here in the standard European Voynich Alphabet (EVA) transcription, which maps the original characters to Latin letters for scholarly study.

Folio 26v: Botanical Study (Lanceolate Leaves and Red-Tipped Flowers)

The illustration on this folio depicts a stylized plant characteristic of the "pharmaceutical" or "herbal" sections of the manuscript. It features a central, straight green stem with alternate lanceolate (spear-shaped) green leaves. At the top and along the upper stem are several small flowers consisting of blue bases and red-tipped petals. The plant ends in a simple, brown, bifurcated (split) root system.

fachys ydal daiin otol chor okaiin oladam land
pottal dar chor daiin dor otolora otam ola
qoky otar ra koday otar chor otand otand dorar
solor chor dar otar dchear otada sand otada
chor otor dar olodar sand dchol dar
sand dchear dcheey oteey sand sand
cto dchor 8 ar dorg dchear otolland ra
oloto r dain chor chor chor otteand sand
chor otocp rolldra chor dtheor otand
fodar dcy oteeda dchor ote dteadot
dodaiid

p ddar cto dor dar dccar ceolland ctar sand
dchor ottecar otta rolland dcotta ollord gattar
chor ottoy rolland deol dor otar dtheea dteey otteady
or chor sand otolh chor otand otar occtta chor ra
chor dchar occar olteey dotor oto dcy cto sand
sand otcar sand

8am original: 8am; This small notation at the bottom may be a later addition or a folio marker.