Voynich MS - Quire 2

	Voynich MS - Quire 2
Description Quire 2 is a standard quire containing folios 9 through 16. The gathering mark is on f16v. Folio 12 is missing. Schematic folio layout:
		Folio 9
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f9r.
		f9r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (9) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) Plant with weird leaves, earth plateau and peculiar (hairy) roots. No flowers but some kind of seeds. Text This page has 10 text items (loci), as follows: 10 lines of standard text in paragraphs, of which one is centred. The text is in two paragraphs. They are interrupted by the plant drawing. The last line of the second paragraph is centred. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f9r Tentative identifications Other information
		f9v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Illustration(s) Plant with plain roots, two types of leaves and characteristic flowers. Text This page has 12 text items (loci), as follows: 12 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragraphs. The text carefully avoids the drawings. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f9v Tentative identifications Other information This is one of the most recognisable plants in the MS, and seems to represent some type of pansy or 'viola'. Even the colours are realistic. The flowers have been drawn 'upside down'.
		Folio 10
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f10r.
		f10r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (10) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) Plant drawn like a very common flower, dying. Text This page has 12 text items (loci), as follows: 12 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragraphs. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f10r Tentative identifications Other information
		f10v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Illustration(s) Flower with two rows of unusual leaves. Both flowers and leaves are hanging down, as if the plant is about to die. This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #50 on f89v2. Text This page has 7 text items (loci), as follows: 7 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two short paragraphs, above the plant drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A+ (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f10v Tentative identifications Other information
		Folio 11
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f11r.
		f11r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (11) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) Dense bushel of leaves with tiny dark blue flowers sticking out. Text This page has 7 text items (loci), as follows: 7 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two short paragraphs, above the plant drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f11r Tentative identifications Other information
		f11v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Illustration(s) Another dense bushel of leaves, with one flower on top. Text This page has 7 text items (loci), as follows: 6 lines of standard text in paragraphs; 1 pair of characters in the left margin. The text is in a single paragraph in the bottom half of the page, split by the stem of the plant. It is uncertain whether the text in the left margin are from the original scribes or from a later owner. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f11v Tentative identifications Other information The pair of 8-like characters appear left of a line that also includes the relatively rare character pair  in one of its words.
		Folio 12
This folio is missing but a stub of it is still visible.
		Folio 13
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f13r.
		f13r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (13) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) Large plant drawing. Brown root, large round indepnted leaves. Composite flower buds. Text This page has 10 text items (loci), as follows: 10 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragraphs above the plant drawing. The second paragraph avoids the flower buds. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f13r Tentative identifications Other information This has been compared to a banana plant but this tentative identification is not generally accepted.
		f13v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Illustration(s) Plant with root, leaves and flowers. This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #133 on f100v. Text This page has 10 text items (loci), as follows: 10 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragraphs, one at the top of the page, and one near the bottom. Both avoid the drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f13v Tentative identifications Other information
		Folio 14
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f14r. There is a large imperfection in the parchment, at the vertical edge.
		f14r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (14) in upper right corner. There is a large imperfection in the parchment at the right edge of the page. Illustration(s) Plant with leaves like arrows pointing up, and one flower. Text This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows: 13 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragraphs. The first is near the top, left of the drawing, and the other near the bottom, interrupted by the drawing. The first line of the second paragraph stops at the drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f14r Tentative identifications Other information
		f14v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. There is a large imperfection in the parchment at the left edge of the page. Illustration(s) Plant drawing with two large leaves, and three stems with three flower each. These are dotted as if they ave eyes. Text This page has 9 text items (loci), as follows: 9 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in a single paragraph near the top of the page. Currier language: A RZ language: A- (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f14v Tentative identifications Other information
		Folio 15
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f15r. There is a hole in the parchment in the middle of the folio.
		f15r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (15) in upper right corner. There is a hole in the parchment in the middle of the page. Illustration(s) Very large plant drawing with many different elements. Ends of leaves are not yet unfolded. Two large flower buds and one flower at the top of one of the buds. Text This page has 15 text items (loci), as follows: 15 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in a single paragraph, interrupted by the two flower stems. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f15r Tentative identifications Other information
		f15v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. There is a hole in the parchment in the middle of the page. Illustration(s) A plant drawing filling the entire height of the page, with four large leaves. At the top is a pod, with two tendrils coming out. Text This page has 12 text items (loci), as follows: 12 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in a single paragraph. The lines stop at the plant drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f15v Tentative identifications Other information The plant leaves are reminiscent of herba paris, but the flower(?) is not.
		Folio 16
Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f16r.
		f16r
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Folio nr (16) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) Plant with starry leaves and seeds instead of flowers. There are tiny leaves sticking out of the flowers. Text This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows: 13 lines of standard text in paragraphs, of which one is centred. The text is in three short paragraphs. The last line of the first paragraph is centred. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f16r Tentative identifications Other information
		f16v
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here. Gathering mark (29) in lower right corner. Illustration(s) Unusual plant drawing whose flower and leaves are bright within, surrounded by bright colours: blue for the flower and red for the leaves. Text This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows: 13 lines of standard text in paragraphs; The text is in two paragrahs. The writing stops at the plant drawing. Currier language: A RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio) LFD hand: 1 Browse interlinear transliteration of f16v Tentative identifications Other information