Page f68r1
[f67v1] [index] [f68r2]
Identification
Title: "Sun over Moon"
Page: f68r1 = IE (Rene) = p123 (Stolfi)
Folio: f68
Panels: f68r1
Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68
Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke)
This is the innermost recto panel of an eight-panel fold-out.
Krauss plate 31(top).
Attributes
Language: ? (Currier)
Hand: ? (Currier)
Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi)
Subject: astronomical
Colors: yellow(most_stars), blue(some_stars) (Reeds), blue(bottom_faces) (Rene)
Description
The page contains a circular diagram surmounted by a paragraph
with 3.5 lines (unit P).
The diagram consists of a faint circular outline filled with
29 randomly placed stars, each with a label (unit S).
At the top and bottom of the diagram, just inside the outline, there
are two smaller circular medallions.
The top medallion (the Sun) sports a ring of fang-shaped rays.
Inside it is the face of a woman, with short curly hair and
crossed eyes; and three voynichese words (unit X).
The bottom medallion is framed by a circular band with some text
(unit Y). Inside the frame is the face of a man(?), also with
crossed eyes, apparently with short hair and a "frame" beard, both
dark.
Rene [04 Apr 1999] observes that the page is marked "a" with
pencil on the upper left corner[???].
Comments
The two medallions presumably represent the Sun and Moon. Compare
this diagram with the following one (f68r2), which is visible at
the right when the foldout is open.
References
[f67v1] [index] [f68r2]