Why the month names aren't Voynichese?
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Why the author didn't write the month names in voynichese?

a)Was trying to be scientific: To quote exactly the source material.
  1) He know the language.
  2) He didn't know the language.

b)Was obliged to write it down. (Why and how?)
  1) He know the language.
  2) He didn't know the language.

c)Wrote them latter as reference.
  1) The author, for some reason.
  2) A different person, for some reason. [Like a latter owner.]
d)???

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a) Then, why it is the only instance? For example, when naming plants one would expect the same as with the months.
b) No idea...
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I'm going with [c2]:

1. At first glance, the tint looks more persistent than the fading text of the manuscript:
   

2. Checking out the logic of the title placement of the potion section, i think the author or authors always leave enough space to put the titles of the drawings. While the placement of the month names look squeezed and clumsy:
   
Maybe even hinting that the drawings were made without the intention of having titles at all.

Implications of this idea for [c2]:
a) The individual who wrote the names may not have anything to do with voyniches.
b) The months could have been written without a source in mind.
c) The voiniches equivalent may be there somewhere in the page or they are totally absent (but then, why...)
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