At last year's Voynich Manuscript Day (VMD), I presented the results of the "State of the Voynich" poll. In case you missed it, you can see the video here: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . However, tradition dictates that there is only a State of the Voynich every 4 years or so, so for this year I came up with an alternative:
We will match up all large-plant drawings from the MS and determine the forum's favorite Voynich plant!
The structure will be as follows:
Since this is just for fun and not serious at all, campaigning for your favorite plant in a bracket is allowed, even encouraged!
For the first bracket, the following plants are matched against each other:
Voting is now open! Which one of these plants should advance to the next round?
We will match up all large-plant drawings from the MS and determine the forum's favorite Voynich plant!
The structure will be as follows:
- Stage 1: plants are matched in groups of 8 or 9. A poll determines the winner in each groups.
- Stage 2: the group winners are matched in 4 groups of 4. A poll determines the winner of each group.
- Stage 3: The four winners of stage 2 battle it out in a final poll of the champions. This poll will be off-site, so the results remain hidden until VMD on 3 August, when I will reveal the winner.
Since this is just for fun and not serious at all, campaigning for your favorite plant in a bracket is allowed, even encouraged!
For the first bracket, the following plants are matched against each other:
- f2v
- f3r
- f11v
- f13v
- f19v
- f45r
- f46v
- f52r
- f66v
Voting is now open! Which one of these plants should advance to the next round?
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