f81r-f81v text layout - damaged page?

[ChenZheChina]

Hi Koen.

I don’t know if it is a poem. However, it seems to me that the layout was intended to be like that, but not a result of damaged page. In my opinion, if it was really a damaged page, the other side (f81v) should have shown the same damage, but it did not.

I think the reason why You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. shows a slight bend is probably that, the writer (or copier) was simply leaving the margin. As we could see, bent line initials simply follow the left-edge of the page:

   

The writer did same thing on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , as shown below:

   

However, the painter seems not to follow such a rule, and drew pictures wherever they wanted. As we could see, the paintings did not follow the left-edge of the pages.

An example where I think there was really a page damage is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , which was explained by Emma You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. The texts on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. were obviously avoiding something.

I tried to print You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on both sides of a same piece of paper, and it seems that the beginning positions of line on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are roughly positions where lines end on f112r. This might imply three things below:

1. The current Voynich Manuscript is a copy of another manuscript.
   
2. The upper-right corner of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was teared away in the original document.
   
3. The writer kept the layout when copying.
   

And, depending on which of original writing or tearing came first, it might also imply other things.

In the case where original writing came first:

1. The last word of the first line of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was fake. It should have been teared away. (This does not sound real for me; the last word is neither unusual nor very common)
   
2. The first five stars on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. were fake. They should have been teared away.
   

In the case where tearing came first:

1. The first line of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ended were the tearing really happened. Then the writer realized that margins should be kept since the second line.
   
2. The first five stars on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. were real. Spaces (margins) for the first five stars were intentionally left when the original writer wrote.