Page: f68r3 Title: "The Pleiades"
A circular diagram, centerd on the page. The diagram is framed by a band of text (unit "C1") between two faint mechanically drawn
circles, with no distinguished gap.
At the center there is a bored-looking round face, surrounded by a band of text (unit "C2").
The space between the inner and outer bands is divided into eight sectors by radial text lines---vertical, horizontal, and at 45
degrees (unit "R"). All lines read inward, so some are upside-down.
Sectors 11:00, 02:00, 05:00, and 08:00 are filled with unnamed stars.
Sectors 10:00, 01:00, 04:00, and 07:00 contain respectively 1, 2,
3, and 4 stars, each with a label (unit "X"). Sector 10:00 contains
also a 7-star cluster, with a single label (line "X.1").
A curved line ("tail") connects the cluster to the moon at the center;
it too has a label (line "X.2").
Comments:
The face probably represents the Moon. It seems to be a woman.
The seven-star cluster can only be the Pleiades. So perhaps
"doaro" means "Pleiades" in Voynichese?
Outer ring of textNo starting point on circular text
Transcribed clockwise from slightly wider gap at 09:05.
1: odchd otchdy cheoteeo oshchey chokol cheody chedy !!ote!odaiin otchodal s!ol cheor oteo{crease} oteey !oetchdy opcheody dchedy daiin oteeody da*!!!cheedy oteeody qochecth*m dchreo okeodly do ls{crease} os!chaiin cheockhedchy chodal cheody chol al oteo!dched okedy qokeey choky dol daleesd okinaiir
Paragraph: R
Radial lines - clockwise from 09:05
Line at 09:05
1: dchey qokeey dcheey daiir otchal
Line at 10:35
2: toees ykeoshe qokol!chey qokchdy
Line at 00:05
3: toees!! ch!cphy qokchdy dol okyld
Line at 01:35
4: dchy!kchy daiir chok{crease} o!ckho!dar
Line at 03:05
5: qokol chdchol qoteey ch{crease}etechy okchdy
Line at 04:35
6: dchokchr{crease} shhy okey oteos okolshy
Line at 06:05
7: pchody qokchy dshol ds{&S}y! otgoldl
Line at 07:35
8: kchoty oteey daiin dcheeody oteey
Labels on stars in sectorsSector 10:00, lone star and a star cluster
inner star cluster (Pleiades), at 10:001 doaro
tail near Pleiades
2 oalcheol
outer lone star, at 10:00
3 dchol dal
Sector 01:00, two stars: outer star (over crease, hard to read)
4: otory{crease}
inner star
5: okos
Sector 04:00, three stars: outer star, at 04:15
6: okolchy
inner star, at 04:00
7: a {crease}cphy
outer star, at 03:45
8: chdy yky
Sector 07:00, four stars: middle star, at 07:00
9: darall
outer star, at 06:45
10: o cthyd
outer star, at 07:15
11: okchoda
inner star, at 07:00
12: oty!dm
Inner ring of text, around moon
1 otchody chokchy okol cheol dar cho keol dolaiin okeol oly