The "spokes" on the rosettes folio - Printable Version +- The Voynich Ninja (https://www.voynich.ninja) +-- Forum: Voynich Research (https://www.voynich.ninja/forum-27.html) +--- Forum: Imagery (https://www.voynich.ninja/forum-43.html) +--- Thread: The "spokes" on the rosettes folio (/thread-2965.html)

The "spokes" on the rosettes folio - -JKP- - 10-10-2019 There are several spoke-like patterns on the rosettes folio. They could be domes, tents, water wheels (like a mill wheel), fountain cisterns, or any number of things. A couple of them remind me of mill wheels, like this early medieval drawing (note the way the pipe and the water are drawn): Wikipedia British Library, The Lutrell Psalter There are also water-lifting wheels for wells and for irrigation (also to move water out of mining sites). For comparison to the western drawing, here is a Persian wheel: Here's a further idea for the spoke wheels... some kind of crank mechanism... there were many different kinds of wheel-cranks in the Middle Ages and some were quite large (note that there are Ghibelline merlons): RE: The "spokes" on the rosettes folio - ReneZ - 10-10-2019 Register or login to view the content RE: The "spokes" on the rosettes folio - Wladimir D - 10-10-2019 Register or login to view the content RE: The "spokes" on the rosettes folio - -JKP- - 10-10-2019 Register or login to view the content