#Voynich manuscript art professional#
(Source: Edith Sherwood, PhD) (This could indicate any number of things, but my guess is carpal tunnel.) My grandmother, who is also a professional artist (hand-sewing, quilt sewing and repair, fabric dying, historical fabric restoration, etc.for 50+ years) also experienced this with mild-to-severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Looking closely at the painting done in some areas, it is in my opinion, as an artist, that a "shaky hand" (either from switching back and forth from right-handed to left-handed, and/or due to a mild hand tremor) may have been involved. 13th-century woodcuts and paintings of Tarot cards, nymphs bathing, etc.). The writing on the Voynich manuscript is thought by many researchers and experts to be almost certainly done by an artist's hand, with the art closely mirroring previous Medieval art depicting scenes from Greek mythology, and other popular symbolism of the time (i.e. The official exhibit, and book, on this is "A History of Magic", which also includes a wealth of commentary, items, and research from the same type of historians you might see hypothesizing on the Voynich manuscript itself. The Voynich manuscript itself was quite likely studied, along with countless other texts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras, in the making of props for the Harry Potter films. This means that designer Miraphora Mina, who also created the original Marauder's Map (painstakingly) by hand, including copying the Voynich "circular" and other writing patterns, would've had to extensively study the Voynich manuscript (and its layout) herself.Ĭoncerning the Voynich manuscript itself, and its author(s): The Marauder's Map from the Harry Potter films seems to be directly based off of the Voynich manucript, the latetr of which, like the Map, has "fold-out" sections. paintings, drawings), usually almost always done, and designed, by hand (and, in the modern era, scanned / copied to the computer for further printing and refining), and text is added later. For example, the design begins with the art (i.e.
MinaLima) closely resembles, if not is identical to, the creative process determined to have resulted in the Voynich manuscript (including my own grandmother's "hand-crafting" process for illustrated book drafts). The design style of modern professional graphic and prop designers (i.e. Miraphora Mina's work is the closest I've ever seen, in the modern day, to the level of hand-crafting and artistic process involved on the Voynich manuscript. Example: Miraphora Mina painstakingly hand-labelled, designed, and wrote, the hundreds of Hogwarts letters seen in the first film dozens of labels for Dumbledore's Pensieve memory containers and Snape's handwriting in the Half-Blood Prince's book. Why is MinaLima relevant to the Voynich manuscript? Well, for a few reasons:īoth designers, and particularly, Miraphora Mina, specialized in hand-crafting, and hand-writing, hundreds upon hundreds of "fake" books and props for the Harry Potter (and other) films, as well as designing books in general. The MinaLima team has also created graphic props for films such as Sweeney Todd (2007), The Golden Compass (2007) and The Imitation Game (2014) and designed the bestselling books for Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and The Beast. My mother was previously a commercial graphic designer herself my paternal grandmother created several children's book drafts by hand and I met twice with MinaLima (Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima), the design / artist team and company for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. So, I'm here to give my take, from someone who has consulted directly with, professionals in the field. I'll preface by saying that, after doing self-research on the Voynich manucript, including going through many options presented online.I noted a lot of work by linguists / codebreakers, but a huge lack of input, and opinions, from professional artists and designers. Īs an edit: Following up on constructive criticism as to the structuring of this post, the following article is me seeking to use authoritative sources and citing sources, as opposed to personal experience alone, as a basis for my opinion and theory.
This is the NSA's report on their computational attack on the VM.Įvery few months there's a new article on how the VM has been deciphered. Listed here are websites of some notable VM researchers. You can find a high resolution scan of the entire manuscript as well as some tools using the following links. A subreddit for those interested in studying and especially solving the mystery of the Voynich manuscript.
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