⚠The following text is written in an undeciphered script known as "Voynichese." Because the language, grammar, and vocabulary remain unknown to modern scholars despite centuries of effort, the text cannot be translated into Modern English. It is presented here using the standard Extensible Voynich Alphabet (EVA) transcription, which allows researchers to study the repetitive patterns of the characters.

Folio 2v: Botanical Study (The Blue-Flowered Tuber)

The illustration on this folio is a detailed botanical drawing. At the top right, it features a single, large, multi-petaled flower in a deep blue hue. The central green stem is flanked by large, serrated (toothed) leaves. Notably, the base of the plant terminates in two prominent, reddish-orange oval roots or tubers. A "phantom" image is visible on the left side of the page, which is likely ink bleeding through or offsetting from the opposite page (folio 3r) over centuries of the book being closed.

tccockhey ctor otteody ctotcty doteody ctotccus qtot dlor
otcca ottoor ctar cetta od ccar ottyttoy otly sund dls
qotlor ottcty sund ctcctty qotterty ctoz ot olly dy dy
zot ctaid ctctty tteottcy oz and cttctoz soud ody
qottcta qottctoz ctoz ottey

pccod ottey ctoz otteid qotteody dy tcy llaid tcy
ottcy qottctoz qltccid qtty sund tty sund sund tty
qottctoz ctoz ollos otoy ctcctod ctoz sund dy
qllctoz ctoz ctoz tty llaid dy ctotcid
ot ottoz dlor ttey tteor odid tloid
qottcto ctot qolly qottor tteys qollar
todid sund qotty qottor

The layout of the text is divided into two distinct paragraphs. In the original manuscript, the second paragraph is written around the central botanical illustration, a common technique in medieval herbals to integrate text and imagery. Researchers often look for correlations between the specific plant features and the surrounding words, though no definitive match has been found for this plant in nature.