Description

Quire 12 contains the remains of one bifolio, which is folio 73. The original folio 74 is lost and was most probably cut out of the bound manuscript. A cut mark is still visible on f75. The gathering mark is also missing, but may be assumed to have been on f74.

Schematic folio layout:

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f73r.

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a zodiac page. For general information about zodiac pages see here.
There is extraneous writing near the central zodiac emblem.
Folio nr (73) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

A large circular diagram with the emblem of Scorpius consisting of a drawing of an animal standing on four legs, with a curly tail, which looks more like a lizard than a scorpion. There is an additional star in the centre, with a line connecting it to the mount of the animal.

There are two circular arrangements of small, standing human figures (nymphs), and another four drawn at the top. There are 30 in total and they are all holding a star.

Text

This page has 33 text items (loci), as follows:
3 items of circular writing;
30 zodiac labels.

The month name November is written in the centre in a different hand than the remainder of the MS, and in a version of French (for which see here).

Currier language: -
RZ language: C- (page) / Bs (folio) / Bs (bifolio)
LFD hand: 4

Browse interlinear transliteration of f73r

Tentative identifications

This page as a whole represents the zodiac sign of Scorpius.

Other information

The animal does not look at all like a scorpion, but this is something that can be observed in many other zodiac cycles produced in the 15th Century, especially from areas where scorpions do not occur.

>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library)

>>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager)

General description

This is a zodiac page. For general information about zodiac pages see here.
There is extraneous writing near the central zodiac emblem.

Illustration(s)

A large circular diagram with the emblem of Sagittarius drawn as a man holding a crossbow.

There are two circular arrangements of small, standing human figures (nymphs), and another four drawn at the top. The first two of these are standing in front of a barrel or a tree trunk (?) There are 30 figures in total and they are all holding a star.

Text

This page has 33 text items (loci), as follows:
3 items of circular writing;
30 zodiac labels.

The month name December is written in the centre in a different hand than the remainder of the MS, and in a version of French (for which see here).

Currier language: -
RZ language: B (page) / Bs (folio) / Bs (bifolio)
LFD hand: 4

Browse interlinear transliteration of f73v

Tentative identifications

This page as a whole represents the zodiac sign of Scorpius.

Other information

Sagittarius drawn as a man with a crossbow is found in many German manuscripts produced throughout the 15th Century. It is perhaps the clearest connection of the Voynich MS with German manuscript tradition.

Missing folio.