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Description

Quire 7 is a standard quire containing folios 49 through 56. The gathering mark is on f56v.

Schematic folio layout:
quire schema

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Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f49r.

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f49r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (49) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing: bulbous roots, a thin straight stem with two green bushels of leaves, and meandering tendrils with red buds and red and blue flowers. There are two snakes curling among the roots.

This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #155 on f101r.

Text

This page has 21 text items (loci), as follows:
21 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in three paragraphs, in large writing filling most of the page.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f49r

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f49v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

There is a sequence of single Voynich characters just to the left of each of the lines, and the numbers 1-5 written to the left of lines 2-6.

Illustration(s)

A plant with a root like a fungus, a thin long stem, kidney-shaped leaves near the top and a very small blue flower.

Text

This page has 52 text items (loci), as follows:
26 lines of standard text in paragraphs;
26 stand-alone Voynich characters (labels).

The running text appears to be in three paragraphs. Its large writing fills most of the page. Offset to the left of each line is a single character in the Voynich script, mostly aligned accurately with each line. To the left of that, near the top, are the numbers 1 to 5 in a hand similar to the foliation of the MS.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f49v

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Most of the Voynichese characters in the sequence on the left are the common set, but there are a few rare ones as well.

prev Q prev F Folio 50 next F next Q

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f50r. The parchment has a hole in the middle of the leaf.

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f50r

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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.
Folio nr (50) in upper right corner

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with leaves painted green around blue centres, and an over-sized flower.

Text

This page has 10 text items (loci), as follows:
10 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph, all above the dawing.

Currier language: B
RZ language: C (page) / Bs (folio) / C (bifolio)
LFD hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f50r

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Plant leaves are similar to those on f6r.

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f50v

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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)

Plant drawing with unusual root (brown), simple oval leaves, and several blue flowers on a stem that have been merged into a single larger flower.

Text

This page has 11 text items (loci), as follows:
11 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph, at the top of the page.

Currier language: B
RZ language: B (page) / Bs (folio) / C (bifolio)
LFD hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f50v

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prev Q prev F Folio 51 next F next Q

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f51r.

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f51r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (51) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with twisted but simple root, thin long stem, four unusual leaves and five small red and yellow flowers on large white buds.

This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #80 on f99r.

Text

This page has 15 text items (loci), as follows:
15 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph, all lines ending at the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A+ (page) / A+ (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f51r

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f51v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant with simple but unusual root, leaves curling down and three stems with many small buds ending in a blue dot.

Text

This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows:
13 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph, carefully avoiding the drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A+ (page) / A+ (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f51v

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prev Q prev F Folio 52 next F next Q

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f52r.

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f52r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (52) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing: root with a cross and re-joining branches. small plant with leaves only on the left. Large plant with oblong leaves ending in 'fingers', and one flower on the right.

Text

This page has 8 text items (loci), as follows:
8 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text in a single paragraph, at the top of the page, carefully written around the single flower.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (folio) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f52r

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f52v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with a twisted root, and a long green stem with green curling leaves with 'nails'.

Text

This page has 14 text items (loci), as follows:
14 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

There text is in two paragraphs. All lines end at the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: Ae (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f52v

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Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f53r.

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f53r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (53) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Giant plant drawing. Roots with blocks, leaves wit 'hairs' in two colours: green and brown (but not alternating). Many small flowers and one very large one, all white with some red.

This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #209 on f102r2.

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 bottom of the page. The text avoids the drawing and is split by the stem of the plant.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f53r

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f53v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

A narrow tall plant with narrow crossing leaves and three flowers at the top coloured red and blue.

Text

This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows:
13 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph, all lines endign at the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f53v

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prev Q prev F Folio 54 next F next Q

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f54r.

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f54r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (54) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Page-filling plant drawing with roots looking like feathers, thin branches with rather small leaves that seem to be centred around the branches, and two scaly buds with small plumes.

Text

This page has 12 text items (loci), as follows:
12 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in two paragraphs, one at the top and one towards the bottom. Both carefully avoid the drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f54r

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f54v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing. Root with a few rund bulbs. Thin vertical stem with twelve symmetrically arranged thin leaves and a long stem curling down with about 20 small dark blue buds.

Text

This page has 16 text items (loci), as follows:
16 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in a single paragraph. All lines end at the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f54v

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Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f55r. There is a horizontal crease just below the middle, some 5 cm long.

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f55r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (55) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

Plant drawing with a brown root system, three stems going up with green leaves, and three identical flowers consisting of a red-brown bud with small blue and white flowers.

Text

This page has 13 text items (loci), as follows:
13 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in two paragraphs, all above the plant drawing.

Currier language: B
RZ language: C (page) / C (folio) / C (bifolio)
LFD hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f55r

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f55v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.

Illustration(s)

A huge page-filling plant drawing, with a composite root suggesting a tree. Very large green leaves oriented up in a bush, and a stem with many small dots as a 'flower'.

This plant shows some similarity with plant fragment #150 on f101r.

Text

This page has 12 text items (loci), as follows:
12 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

There are 12 lines of text in two paragraphs, one at the top, and one below the middle of the page, carefully avoiding the drawing.

Currier language: B
RZ language: C (page) / C (folio) / C (bifolio)
LFD hand: 2

Browse interlinear transliteration of f55v

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prev Q prev F Folio 56 next F next Q

Normal folio. The folio nr. is on f56r.

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f56r

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Folio nr (56) in upper right corner.

Illustration(s)

A plant drawing with a stem starting from a palm tree-like tructure. Two blue leaves with green needles. Two apparent blue flowers and a spiralling tendril with many small blue leaves.

Text

This page has 19 text items (loci), as follows:
19 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

The text is in two paragraphs, carefully avoiding the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f56r

Tentative identifications

 

Other information

 

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f56v

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General description

This is a herbal page. For general information about herbal pages see here.
Gathering mark (7m9 with arabic-like 7) in lower right corner.

Illustration(s)

A large plant drawing with small but unusual roots, huge green leaves, and a flower bud hanging down, not looking very healthy.

Text

This page has 16 text items (loci), as follows:
16 lines of standard text in paragraphs.

There text is in two paragraphs, one at the top of the page and one near the bottom. All lines end at the plant drawing.

Currier language: A
RZ language: A (page) / A (folio) / A (bifolio)
LFD hand: 1

Browse interlinear transliteration of f56v

Tentative identifications

 

Other information

 

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