Monthly Archives: June, 2014

A Mandaean connection? by Darren Worley

Here I present a short paper sent to me by Darren Worley, arguing for a Mandaean connection: ————- “I think that there is evidence of a Mandaean influence in the VM. I would suggest that the text might be Mandaic, a close-cousin of Syriac. This is the language of the Mandaeans. The purpose of this …

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Voynich f57v – the ‘alphabet page’

This page offers discussion and comment on f57v:   This is the analysis sent to me by Darren Worley – comments welcome:  “I suspect the purpose of f57v (and the text on f58r and f58v) is to describe the use of a kind of Armillary Sphere., which is an astronomical instrument for measuring the celestial …

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