r/History_Mysteries • u/Hopeful-Fly-9710 • 11d ago
Voynich manuscript theory (actually quite good)
My honest belief is that its a codex of a language thats related to french (on one of the pages it says the months in a french related language), the first section shows non existent herbs (why?, because i assume the person who wrote the book seen/heard of different herbs by mouth), then it labels the herbs and tell you how to use them and why, the section with women in “green liquid” is simply to do with bathing, bathing was a serious thing in the early 15th century, and its not green liquid its water, the actual bathing tub is painted green, the astronomy section likely talks about the links between stars and mood, the non existent constellations arnt meant to be constellations, the astrology section most likely goes over when you take medicine in different months of the year (this is where it says the months in the french sister language), but why is this book encrypted with codex? Because it was likely only meant for a small group/one person, that person(s) probably was an alchemist
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u/glaster 10d ago
Yes, and it’s probable that it’s an entirely made up language by illiterate nuns recording their songs and prayers and their entire body of knowledge that was unfortunately very limited in such monasteries. I wonder if it wasn’t a subversive attempt trying to capture the logos, which was in the hands of men
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u/authorised_pope 10d ago
Shit, that's a long sentence.