Folio 25v – Draco Constellation Analysis

March 15th, 2024 MS408 Folio 25v has always intrigued me as it has a cute little dragon perched in a corner with some shady side eye. We posted over two years ago our translation and coordinates of Folio 25v, Cape Cauldron just south of South Africa. After reading a Facebook post from Marcuzio Isauro, heContinue reading “Folio 25v – Draco Constellation Analysis”

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”