Voynich MS - Quire 14

	Voynich MS - Quire 14
Description Quire 14 contains one sheet (bifolio) of a non-standard size. It is the only sheet that has a horizontal foldout crease. Beside this it also has two vertical creases, so the bifolio is divided into 6 panels: 3 above the horizontal crease and 3 below. Each panel has approximately the same size as a normal 'page'. The sheet has been bound into the MS at the vertical folding crease in the lower half of the sheet, leaving one panel to the left of the binding and two to the right. The part left of the binding is f85 and the part to the right is f86. Both original folio numbers are present. When the sheet is folded out, a single, complicated drawing is visible, which covers six panels and is usually referred to as the Rosettes page. This single drawing covers the verso side of f85 and the recto side of f86, so this single-bifolio quire will be described in three parts: f85 recto, with two pages f85 verso + f86 recto, with one single drawing f86 verso, with four pages The crease separating f86r3 from f86r5 has been severely damaged, but was patched during the restoration of the Voynich MS in 2009. The gathering mark is on f86v3. Schematic folio layout:
		Folio 85 recto
This comprises the left-hand one third of the outside of this single-sheet quire. It consists of two single pages. The folio nr. is on f85r1.
		f85r1
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description Text-only page. Folio nr. (85) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) None Text Some paragraphs of text. Currier language: B RZ language: B (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f85r1 Other information
		f85r2
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. General description Cosmological page. Illustration(s) Sun hub, 4 torsos in 4 word rings Text Some paragraphs of text. Currier language: B RZ language: B (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f85r2 Other information
		Folio 85 verso + 86 recto
Double foldout folio spanning fol.85v and 86r.
		Rosettes folio
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library). >>Link to 2014 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager) General description Cosmological page. Illustration(s) This very large illustration has a large circular drawing in the centre which is surrounded by 8 slightly smaller circular drawings. All are connected with each other using what looks like pathways (between the outer 8 circles) or partial tubes and plumes (connecting the outer circles with the central one). There are four additional items, much smaller, in the four corners. The nine circles are arranged in a 3 x 3 pattern, and each has its own design with its own elements. Some look similar to some of the other so-called cosmological diagrams. Notoriously, the upper right circle and some of the connecting pathways, have drawings of small buildings, including the castle with ghibelline crenellations that was mentioned here. Text Currier language: B RZ language: B- (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 4 Browse interlinear transliteration of f85v and f86r. (Note: in accordance with the interlinear transliteration file, the transcribed text is referred to page f85v2.) Other information
		Folio 86 verso
This comprises the right-hand two thirds of the outside of this single-sheet quire. It consists of four single pages.
		f86v4
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. General description Cosmological page Illustration(s) frothy moon ring Text Two paragraphs of text. Currier language: B RZ language: B (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f86v4 Other information
		f86v6
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager), showing pages 85r2, 86v4 and 86v6 from left to right. General description Text-only page Illustration(s) None. Text Two paragraphs of text. Currier language: B RZ language: C+ (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f86v6 Other information
		f86v5
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library), showing pages 86v5 and 86v3 from left to right. >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager), showing pages 86v5 and 86v3 from left to right. General description Text-only page. Folio nr. (86) in upper right corner. Illustration(s) None. Text Some paragraphs of text. Currier language: B RZ language: C (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f86v5 Other information
		f86v3
>>Link to 2014 scan (Beinecke digital library), showing pages 86v5 and 86v3 from left to right. >>Link to 2004 scan (Jason Davies Voyager), showing pages 86v5 and 86v3 from left to right. General description Cosmological page. Quire nr. 14 with a superscript nine (abbreviation for -us) in lower right corner. Illustration(s) Aborted T-O map Text To be written. Currier language: B RZ language: B (page) / B (bifolio) LFD hand: 2 Browse interlinear transliteration of f86v3 Other information