116v

[Bernd]

I'd still rather say 116v features a 'g' instead of 'ez'. As you noted, the 'g' in 'eszig' resembles the VM text much better than the 'ez', the horizontal stroke continuing to the right of the 'g' is not found in 'ez'. At least I've never seen one with such a stroke. However, with the weird VM marginalia letters, who can tell?

Note also how often separate entries are crammed together on one page. My impression of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is that it took fragments that may well have been on the same page, and copied them there, without the three of them necessarily all belonging together.

Yes, that may very well be the case, and it does sound familiar (see below).

It is almost certain that the scribe had access to a medicinal compendium that contained German.

I agree. The author must have used or known of such books containing German charm instructions. I'd list that as another source of the VM.
However, if it really is a meaningful charm instruction is another matter. A theme across the VM is that a lot of things resemble certain topics found in other works. But it is unclear whether the author used them in the same context, or even understood what he copied.

I have no explanation of the Voynichese words in marginalia but again I'd like to point out that all 3 marginalia contain the same elements:
.) Barely decipherable German or Latin words
.) Voynichese 'words' at the beginning or end
.) Imagery that matches the bifolio or quire style (except 116v which only has stars)

So for whatever reason Voynichese words ended up in 116v, it wasn't an isolated incident but apparently part of the way marginalia were designed.

Can someone tell me what the line-end 'O's on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. are?