Captain’s Blog 6/4/2024
In our previous post (Folio 77r) the Admiral was instructed to pick up weapon’s on Daito Island, a world renowned island for the best swords ever produced. Our team has such a sword in our museum collection and has tested positive for meteoric properties, truly out of this world sword. After leaving this island the Admiral and his crew would face the greatly feared Dragon’s Triangle aka the Devil’s Triangle or the Japanese term ma no umi (dangerous sea.)
The reason this location is so dangerous is the mesoscale eddies as the authors of the VM call them “swirling water” voynicheese “tieia.” Etymology – From Old English tīeġan (West Saxon), “(transitive) to tie”. From Proto-Germanic *taugijaną. Suffix -ia, forms a region or country. Verb: (transitive) a place that twists.
The bottom of the ocean at the Dragon’s Triangle dips down causing the mesoscale eddies to suck straight downward. Pay attention to what the authors of the VM describe this location. 1. long narrow elevation on the ocean bottom, 2. moves quickly/falls down 3. moving/stirring up 4. widespread affliction Monster Waves.
In Japanese culture they highly respect the legend of the Dragon King (Ryūjin), whom lives in the bottom of the ocean. His palace is made of red and white pearls. The VM authors use ethnobotany to nod to the Dragon King, using the word “gesatia” or gessette, lathyrus cicera, aka red pea. According to legend, the Empress Jingū was able to carry out her attack into Korea with the help of Ryūjin’s tide jewels. Some versions of the legend say that Empress Jingū asked Isora to go down to Ryūjin’s palace and retrieve the tide jewels.
Upon confronting the Korean navy, Jingū threw the kanju (干珠, “tide-ebbing jewel”) into the sea, and the tide receded. The Korean fleet was stranded, and the men got out of their ships. Jingū then threw down the manju (満珠, “tide-flowing jewel”) and the water rose, drowning the Korean soldiers. An annual festival, called Gion Matsuri, at Yasaka Shrine celebrates this legend.
The VM authors use a device throughout the manuscript that will help aid in navigation. This device is also in the imagery in the Catalan Atlas. In Japanese legend it is the Dragon King tide jewels.
The following pictures and diagrams will help better understand this region. And, like always the VM cartographers hit it exactly right!
DATA:
Location: Mariana Trench Break, Devils Triangle, Japan
Geolocation: 11.3493° N, 142.1996° E
Oceanography: mesoscale eddies
Ethnobotany: Lathyrus Cicera – Red Pea.
Translation into English:
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Voynicheese:
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elon atoi // eitysoi // eruisoi
Elei visa // eleier
Jilisa visa jelei osoi uoi sor jepvisa jelisa jelisa jetisa soi
Eivisa jei vysa ja rur auysa etisa etisa ivisa ur vsoi uisa jeita
Jetyia visa jetysa jesatia jetisa r vysa locm viei lysa ara
Su lei tvia jei uva uiei eiuisa ei ur ei vysa jetisa uisa
Luisor ei on ui uta roi visa jetoi uisa jetisa jei uisa iei
Jeuta sei usa s vysoi jetoi uisa soi visa jetysa soi eiua
Iuisa visoi jetisa etoi uisa jetoi visa uisa jei usa ioh
Rer viei usa jetysa sor visa uisa jetoi uisa jetia ivisa soi
Sor uysoi jysa jysya ei uia iuia jisa er uya jei ror or
Jei tom via
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Left Image: (top) rereroi // (bottom) ei ie sir
Right image: etoie
Li soi som etom visa jetisa jeton elisa sora
Eiuisa jei visa jetuisa jetya som eiei
Jetom viei itisa jetia jetoi soi soia
Jerom via jetom uoi om uisa jei
Som roi uisa jetisa jetoi uis tieia
Jetoi reiuisa via puor jelor eita sor era
Soiuia jei uisa ejeton eitom uuta jetoi sor
Jetoi uyr ei visa ser om ei jeta uir ei soi
Som vy tia jetysa som soci jetisa jelis rei
Iuer eccn visa jetom rom soi vysa jetysa roi
Socr ei visa rua vier jetisa jeta uuta jetua isoi
Lvisa jeton unisoi puisa uita ron uisa jeton ei
A uisa jetisa jetis ei vier eiusa
Lue sua ivisa soia soia soi svysa puiei ipei ei uysa jela
Via ei vya jetisa iusia jetom soi son uisa
Jeor visa jelom vula jelisa rur elisa iua
A uya jei visa jetoi uisa jetom uiula jetoi
Jetom uita rer uisa jetoi sor a jeloi soi ron
Reituisa vor aloi sa sauisa ituia jetisa ruis
Luer vya jeton jeton viei jetysa jetoi sora
Jelua jetoi visa jetisa iuisa jetisa jei rom uia
Ruisa jelor rorei vysa jeton uya rem som via
Lei soi visa jetisa jeton soi uysa reiuisa jetisa
Suiei tuisa reutia jetoi jetoi visa veisa jetoi sor
Jetya rei user uya jetom rom visa jelysa jetoh
Uisa iuisa itom sa jetoi sor uson is uia ei rom eisa
Luia jetya jetoi iuisa uiei tom etoi
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