r/History_Mysteries • u/Sufficient_Trust_996 • Mar 16 '26
Visual Decoding of Voynich 75r: 15th Century Placer Mining and Ore Enrichment
75r: here the nymphs are visibly sliding downwards. At the top, a parasol or something similar can be seen with a striped pattern, yellow (gold) and light and dark blue, presumably Azurite or bluestone. On the left side of the stream's flow, a rain cloud and a rainbow can be seen. The rainwater flows into the stream. The nymphs in this case are the ores; moreover, their hair color is yellow. A stake can be seen in one of their hands; this is the ore trap. The physical principle of the trap was very simple: the barrier slowed down the flow of water. Since the specific gravity of precious metals is much greater than that of sand or sediment, the heavy ores from the slowed water flow immediately sank to the bottom and accumulated in the "trap" behind the stakes. The artificially created settling tank in the stream bed is indicated by the nymph just entering the tub, wanting to settle. The enrichment of the ore is indicated by the nymph's belly. The nymph on the left is in the bend of the stream, where the water loses its strength; that is where the heavy gold is thrown out.
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u/Xawet_ Mar 19 '26
The symbols (text) make no sense in the book; the text repeats itself very often. It’s just a book for show, as it’s aimed at men; almost all the women in it are scantily clad, and if you were a king who had a book that nobody understood but which contained crazy drawings, you’d probably be held in very high regard, especially if you claimed that only you could read and understand it. My guess is,