Voynich manuscript (3)

Layout of the manuscript

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The following is a tentative visual representation of the Voynich MS, showing the layout of the quires, their apparent subject matter and other properties.

Quire 1 - Herbal
/-------------- 001 A1 <--- 'Herbal' start ! /------------ 002 A1 ! ! /---------- 003 A1 ! ! ! /-------- 004 A1 A A A A ! ! ! \-------- 005 A1 ! ! \---------- 006 A1 ! \------------ 006 A1 \-------------- 008 A1
Quire 2 - Herbal
/-------------- 009 A1 ! /------------ 010 A1 ! ! /---------- 011 A1 ! ! ! /--.... (012) A A A A ! ! ! \-------- 013 A1 ! ! \---------- 014 A1 ! \------------ 015 A1 \-------------- 016 A1
Quire 3 - Herbal
/-------------- 017 A1 ! /------------ 018 A1 ! ! /---------- 019 A1 ! ! ! /-------- 020 A1 A A A A ! ! ! \-------- 021 A1 ! ! \---------- 022 A1 ! \------------ 023 A1 \-------------- 024 A1
Quire 4 - Herbal
/-------------- 025 A1 ! /------------ 026 B2 ! ! /---------- 027 A1 ! ! ! /-------- 028 A1 A B A A ! ! ! \-------- 029 A1 ! ! \---------- 030 A1 ! \------------ 031 B2 \-------------- 032 A1
Quire 5 - Herbal
/-------------- 033 B2 ! /------------ 034 B2 ! ! /---------- 035 A1 ! ! ! /-------- 036 A1 B B A A ! ! ! \-------- 037 A1 ! ! \---------- 038 A1 ! \------------ 039 B2 \-------------- 040 B2
Quire 6 - Herbal
/-------------- 041 B2 ! /------------ 042 A1 ! ! /---------- 043 B2 ! ! ! /-------- 044 A1 B A B A ! ! ! \-------- 045 A1 ! ! \---------- 046 B2 ! \------------ 047 A1 \-------------- 048 B2
Quire 7 - Herbal
/-------------- 049 A1 ! /------------ 050 B2 ! ! /---------- 051 A1 ! ! ! /-------- 052 A1 A B A A ! ! ! \-------- 053 A1 ! ! \---------- 054 A1 ! \------------ 055 B2 \-------------- 056 A1 <--- 'Herbal' end
Quire 8 - mixed quire, partly lost
/---------------- 057 B2 ! /-------------- 058 A ! ! /------......(059) ! ! ! /----......(060) ! ! ! ! /--......(061) B A ! ! ! ! ! ! ! \--......(062) ! ! ! \----......(063) ! ! \------......(064) ! \-------------- 065 \---------------- 066 B
Quire 9 - astrological / cosmological
/-------- 067 +-- <--- 'Astro/cosmo' start ! \-------- 068 +--+--
Quire 10 - astrological / cosmological
/-------- 069 ! \-------- 070 +-- <--- Zodiac start
Quire 11 - astrological / cosmological
/-------- 071 ! \-------- 072 +--+--
Quire 12 - astrological / cosmological
/-------- 073 ! \--......(074) <--- 'Astro/cosmo' end
Quire 13 - biological / balneological
/---------------- 075 B2 <--- 'Bio' start ! /-------------- 076 B2 ! ! /------------ 077 B2 ! ! ! /---------- 078 B2 ! ! ! ! /-------- 079 B2 B B B B B ! ! ! ! \-------- 080 B2 ! ! ! \---------- 081 B2 ! ! \------------ 082 B2 ! \-------------- 083 B2 \---------------- 084 B2 <--- 'Bio' end
Quire 14 - cosmological
//======== 085 B3 !B <--- multiple-fold \\======== 086 +== B3
Quire 15 - mixed herbal and pharmaceutical
/---------- 087 A4 <--- herbal ! /-------- 088 A4 <--- pharma A A ! \-------- 089 +-- A <--- pharma \---------- 090 +-- A <--- herbal
Quire 16 - lost quire
/--......(091) ! \--......(092)
Quire 17 - herbal
/---------- 093 A4 ! /-------- 094 B5 A B <--- all herbal ! \-------- 095 +-- B5 \---------- 096 A4
Quire 18 - lost quire
/--......(097) ! \--......(098)
Quire 19 - pharmaceutical
/---------- 099 A4? ! /-------- 100 A4? A A <--- all pharma ! \-------- 101 +-- A4? \---------- 102 +-- A
Quire 20 - recipes
/-------------------- 103 BX <--- 'rec.' start ! /------------------ 104 BX ! ! /---------------- 105 BY ! ! ! /-------------- 106 BX ! ! ! ! /------------ 107 B ! ! ! ! ! /---------- 108 B ! ! ! ! ! ! /--......(109) B B B B B B ! ! ! ! ! ! ! \--......(110) ! ! ! ! ! \---------- 111 B ! ! ! ! \------------ 112 B ! ! ! \-------------- 113 B ! ! \---------------- 114 B ! \------------------ 115 B \-------------------- 116 B <--- 'rec.' end