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The Voynich Manuscript: Master List of Folio Nomenclature

Authors: Scott (Dunn), Jessica Lorraine;

The Voynich Manuscript: Master List of Folio Nomenclature

Abstract

This paper presents a reconstructed master list of folio nomenclature in the Voynich Manuscript based on internal linguistic markers, procedural transitions, and positional analysis. Rather than treating folios as purely physical pages or thematic illustrations, this study demonstrates that named folios function as operational states within a coherent medical–astrological system. Each folio name is identified through recurring Latinized root terms (e.g., aqua, essentia, ordinat, astrologicos, creatiorum), authorization markers (such as licet), and their placement relative to known structural pivots including the Wheel of Time (Folio Nonas). The resulting master list reveals that the folio nomenclature correspond to distinct stages of humoral classification, elemental and ordinal ordering, celestial determination, temporal activation, and material production, culminating in the electuary and elixir pages (Folio Creatiorum). Crucially, the number of identified folio sections aligns with the manuscript’s internal ordinal system, indicating intentional design rather than later pagination or decorative labeling. This catalog provides a stable architectural framework for future translation, analysis, and comparison, clarifying how disparate sections of the manuscript interlock as parts of a single procedural engine rather than an unstructured compilation of herbal and astronomical imagery.

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