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Could the charm on f116v be a book curse?
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(01-10-2026, 10:16 PM)RadioFM wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.According to many medieval experts, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is in fact a curse, that renders the manuscript undecipherable. However this remains to be confirmed, as not even these experts can decipher the charm itself.


Seriously though, I think Koen G. goes over this in his Voynich Talk video about charms IIRC. You should check it out  Smile
It is in fact decipherable, however written in Central Bavarian language and Latin with many pharmaceutical abbreviations. I discussed this with experts of
Germanic Studies and Dialectology. Also with several pharmacists. According to them the recipe seems plausible and has been reproduced successfully.
This note shows an ointment recipe for joint inflamation, quickly noted - perhaps for an assistant who had to prepare the ointment.
Contrary to previous assumptions the content is not a charm or prayer. There have been difficulties in reading the gothic cursive letters correctly identifying the ductus
of the scribe. Therefore the content did not make much sense. Years ago, the first who translated the text was Johannes Albus. He also identified
it as a recipe. If you are interested please read my detailed study on this on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Thank you. Monika
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RE: Could the charm on f116v be a book curse? - by monisusa - 03-10-2026, 02:40 PM

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