Captain’s Blog March 19th, 2025 There’s a small inscription at the bottom right corner of Folio 84v “129” transliteration is “ira.” A Latin rooted word īra meaning wrath: anger, fury, rage; animosity, hostility; deadly sin of wrath; distress, vexation; punishment; retribution. I call Folio 84v Athena’s Battlefield and Wrath based on how the authors ofContinue reading “Folio 84v – Athena’s Battlefield & Wrath”
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Folio 76r-Canary Current to El Hierro
Blog Post 5/14/2024 Folio 76r is the exact reason why I love the Voynich Manuscript. Once translated I can compare to what we know today and instantly know how there maps work. 76r is a gem of a folio, it drafts the Canary Current surface velocities precisely how we know it today. With this informationContinue reading “Folio 76r-Canary Current to El Hierro”
Folio 75v-Folklore of the Groundsel Flower
April 30th, 2024 I’m not going to lie, I’m still giggling after discovering the ethnobotany folklore of 75v. The authors of MS 408 always have me in stitches, and they probably were drunk laughing when they came up with this one. The authors will insert clues to folklore that they want the reader to payContinue reading “Folio 75v-Folklore of the Groundsel Flower”
Folio 3r – The Irish Sea
Captain’s Blog: June 21, 2021 DATA:Location: Irish Sea to Bay of BiscayGeolocation: 37° 50’ N / 25° 41’ WMath: length of Approximate, μ-second angle, time=distance/speed, coriolis forceOcean Currents/Gyre: Canary Current; slope currents from Biscay Abyssal PlainCatalan Atlas: Follows the rhumb lineEthnobotany: Ash Tree: Viking legend of YggdrasilEaster Egg: Plant resembles the backside of an azoreContinue reading “Folio 3r – The Irish Sea”
Folio 1r – Cartographers Orb Projection
Captain’s Blog April 21, 2021 (edited 6/24/2024) In Folio 1r, the authors of Yale MS 408 (Voynich Manuscript) text book describe how to use a spherical orb in order to observe the suns positions based on how the suns raise hit the sea-level at the horizon. Such orbs where used for thousands of years butContinue reading “Folio 1r – Cartographers Orb Projection”
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