31st Folio published.......17r now fully decoded and added to website.
21st March 2026
F17r has been mapped as a female spinal pathology folio — an L5-S1 disc herniation causing sacral nerve compression and external genital dysfunction, treated with Herb Paris medicine. This is consistent with the manuscript's established pattern of encoding non-reproductive anatomy when it is the source of reproductive symptoms.
What makes F17r notable is a single line of text at the very top of the page, physically separated from both the plant diagram and the main encoded treatment text below. This line has revealed additional visual symbols within the manuscript's encoding system.
The manuscript has always been visual — every glyph draws what it represents. This line extends that principle into clinical procedure. It contains previously mapped glyphs from the existing key — fire, virtus projection, string notation, planetary markers — alongside symbols that expand the known inventory. A four-arched symbol depicts four vertebral levels. Pathway traces drawn as continuous strokes map directional movements on the patient's body. A six-arched variant specifies six sacral vertebral levels. V-shaped zigzags mark anchor points at specific nerve root zones. An overline acts as a section divider between treatment phases.
This line encodes a complete hands-on pre-treatment protocol — manual therapy, energy work, heat application, and astrological timing across two distinct phases — performed on a standing patient before Herb Paris medicine is administered. While the image in the folio describes what medicine to apply, where, and when, this line adds how the practitioner physically prepares the patient beforehand. Lot of paperwork with this folio, working on it now.
20th March 2026
30th Folio published.......16v now fully decoded and added to website, F17r is also nearly done. The line of text at the top of f17r is incredible, finishing paperwork today and I'll publish later.
19th March 2026
29th Folio published.......16r now fully decoded and added to website.
15th March 2026
28th Folio published.......15v now fully decoded and added to website, Key & Lexicon tab on main page has been updated to 'Key & Data', there are now direct links to all the data sets that are accumulating with every folio decoded and published.
13th March 2026
27th Folio published.......15r now fully decoded and added to website.
13th March 2026
Another 9 symbol above the fire element. This could be an actual number 9. The manuscript shows very specific timing windows; for example o = sunrise, e = fire, so “oe” shows sunrise first then apply fire. This means fire or heat must be applied in the approximate three-hour window after sunrise. If it were the three-hour window before noon then the code would show “ed” (d being noon).
To show an action exactly on the solar gate rather than before or after it would require a different glyph. If more numbers become apparent then the intention becomes clearer. We already have the capital letter “F” in the manuscript — so why not actual numbers? We’ll see what transpires.
13th March 2026
I want to be completely transparent about how I've conducted this work, because misinformation has been circulating about it.
I have never hidden that I use AI. From the beginning, I've used AI systems to help me understand historical context: Ficino's Music of the Spheres framework, Neoplatonic philosophy, Renaissance astronomy, how planetary movements were calculated, how plants behave physiologically, and how medicine and alchemy were understood 600 years ago. This research support is legitimate and documented.
What AI did *not* do, and *could not* do, is decode the manuscript itself.
Here's why: The EVA (Extensible Voynich Alphabet) transcriptions available publicly are corrupt. When I began working from them, I discovered errors that took months of painstaking manual correction. Any AI system trained on these corrupted transcriptions would propagate those errors—and decoding from a broken foundation is impossible.
Beyond that, AI cannot accurately count. Reliable decoding required me to manually count every data point across sections. I built spreadsheets, used control-F line by line, created matrices and tracking sheets to account for the data with precision. This was not a shortcut—it was the only way to get accurate numbers.
My decoding methodology evolved as the data revealed patterns. Every evolution has been documented: first in my initial key (submitted under NDA to a well-known researcher in April 2025), then across Academia.edu, the Voynich Ninja group, and my website's Updates tab, where you can follow the progression step by step.
I have fabricated nothing. The work is transparent, documented, and traceable. That's not something any AI-assisted process could produce.
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Regarding false claims that are being made about my work: these claims have been documented, screenshotted, and recorded. When the time comes, this evidence will be made public.
12th March 2026
I've spent the last day or so organising the data, the Google Drive folder now has: Transcription with main glyphs count, Plant Anatomy Classification, Paragraph Data, these will be updated as I go through the folios. In the individual folio spreadsheet, there is a new tab with the main glyph counts. Folio 15r has been anatomically mapped and will be added to the website shortly.
9th March 2026
All the edits have been done and folio 14r is now live and on the website, haven't done the video for it yet but I will do so later, I've created a new tab on the lexison main sheet, this is documenting the glyph counts per folio, I have also put a new spreadsheet in the main folder, this is now logging all the plant part to human anatomy for every folio and these will be added to as I go along.
1st March 2026
Following the February discovery that the EVA n and a glyphs carry an embedded string stroke, further examination of the r and m glyphs has confirmed that both also carry the diagonal string stroke as their base component — making them additive to the string count in exactly the same way.
The r glyph (Vessel is Dosed) consists of a diagonal string stroke with an upper dose loop. The m glyph (Material Completion) consists of a diagonal string stroke with a descending partial 8-loop. In both cases the diagonal is a string indicator, identical in function to the standalone i stroke and the diagonal embedded in n (sunset) and a (virtus held one string.
This means every dose and every material completion in the manuscript carries a simultaneous string instruction. The practitioner plays the string at the exact moment the medicine is delivered or the phase is completed — the music and the physical action are combined, not two separate instructions.
The practical effect on the translations is as follows: where a sequence previously read as "Virtus Held String One then Vessel is Dosed," the correct reading is now "Virtus Held String Two, Vessel is Dosed" — the a contributes one diagonal, the r contributes one diagonal, giving String Two as a single unified instruction. Similarly "am" is now Virtus Held String Two, Material Completion. Sequences with additional i strokes increment accordingly — "aiir" becomes Virtus held String Four Dose, "daiiim" becomes Noon, virtus held, String Five Material Completion.
This was tested against the full manuscript transcription and confirmed zero violations of the five string cap across the entire text. The lira da braccio ceiling of five melody strings is respected without exception throughout the manuscript.
Folios f1r through f7v are being updated to reflect this change. Each folio will show its own update date as the edits are completed. The folios are remaining open throughout this process. This has not impacted anything else in the code, the tones/music/harmonics are now fully revealed.
25th February 2026
The edits are going quite quickly, I'm unlocking them as I go, you will see the date of the update next to them, I've simplified the system a little and all explanations follow same structure. The change from the ratios to Lyre strings is really beautiful and can actually now be tested by making the correct sound at the precise solar moment.
23rd February 2026
I really didn't want this to evolve again as I can't believe I have to go back and edit all I've done so far but it's the right thing to do, I have to follow where the data leads me and once again it's brought up a huge error in the EVA, I wish I could get away from using the letters but for ease of use on the keyboard I have to stick with them. Following the discovery that the EVA n glyph is two fused symbols — a string selector stroke plus the Sunset upward curl — a further re-examination of the a glyph became necessary. The a shape consists of an open c-curve with a diagonal stroke capping it. Given that the diagonal strokes had just been reidentified as string selectors rather than ratio markers, the diagonal in a was now in question.
The a glyph had previously been decoded as Ground Virtus — the operator's action of capturing or harnessing planetary power. However the diagonal stroke in a is visually identical to the single string selector stroke i. This means a is also a compound glyph — the c-curve carrying the solar source/capture energy, fused with a single diagonal string stroke indicating the first string of the lira da braccio.
The operation previously called Ground Virtus is therefore more precisely understood as the operator sounding the first string of the lira da braccio to hold planetary virtus at that solar moment. The frequency of that specific string is the mechanism by which the virtus is held — the music is not accompanying the operation, it is performing it. This also explains why virtus holding sequences always carry a string instruction — without the string frequency there is nothing to sustain the planetary power between solar moments.
The label has been updated from Ground Virtus to Virtus Held 1 String, and the glyph remains a in the working notation. This means the manuscript is far more musical than I realised. I'm sorry to restrict the folios while I update the code, the overall code hasn't been impacted. What was once sound the octave ratio at sunset now becomes sound the third string at sunset, what was once ground the power is now hold the power with a particular string. All other information remains the same, the anatomical diagrams, the planetary mappings, the day counts, the treatments remain the same, only the music/harmonics have changed.
22nd February 2026
THE CODE EVOLVED - During analysis of Folio 14r, the final c in the four c Earth symbol (eeee) was found to have an unusual modification — the bottom of the last c extended downward and then curved back upward in a distinctive loop. This upward loop was recognised as the Sunset timing modifier, fused directly into the Earth glyph, indicating Earth applied at the exact point of Sunset rather than the usual approximate window. This was confirmed on Folio 14v where the same upward loop appeared fused to a positional glyph, again following Noon and preceding Midnight, placing it precisely in the Sunset window.
This upward loop as the standalone Sunset marker then prompted a re-examination of the glyph previously labelled n in the EVA transliteration system. What had always appeared to be a single Sunset glyph was now seen differently — the downward stroke and the upward loop are in fact two separate glyphs fused together. The downward stroke is its own instruction, and the upward loop is the Sunset marker attached to it.
Examining what the downward stroke could mean, the existing decode key shows four ratio markers — i, ii, iii, iiii — representing Unison, Octave, Fifth and Fourth. If the downward stroke in n were also a ratio, this would create a fifth ratio, which is not possible within the established Pythagorean harmonic system of four perfect consonances used throughout the manuscript.
However, when the stroke is understood not as a ratio but as a string selector — indicating which specific string of the lira da braccio to play — the system resolves perfectly. The lira da braccio, the instrument played in Florence in the 1400s, had five strings over the fingerboard. One stroke indicates the first string, two strokes the second, and so on up to five. The existing i, ii, iii, iiii markers before d and n are therefore not harmonic ratios but string instructions, telling the practitioner precisely which string to sound at that solar moment. This reframes the entire timing and string system as a direct physical instruction set, consistent with the manuscript's core principle that the code is always simple and visual. The folios will be restricted while I update.
19th February 2026
Folio 13r and f13v now also fully edited and updated.
18th February 2026
Folio 11v now also fully edited and updated, also roots (heart and liver) on f2r and f4r have been given more detail.
16th February 2026
Folio 11r now also fully edited and updated, also new paper added to Academia to show the code changes from the last paper (Refinement 5) to now.
10th February 2026
Folio 10v now also fully edited and updated, had to take a break to sort out work, folios will be a bit slower next few weeks as I have to also focus on my work project.
27th January 2026
Folio 9v now also fully edited and updated, title has changed slightly as the root was incorrectly labelled as the heart and has been updated.
25th January 2026
Folio 9r now also fully edited and updated
23rd January 2026
Folio 8v now also fully edited and updated
22nd January 2026
New video explaining the symbols is on Youtube https://youtube.com/shorts/aNkN25owDxE?si=J7NkkOonHqxh4qt8
20th January 2026
Folio 7v & 8r now also fully edited and updated
20th January 2026
Folio 7r now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
19th January 2026
Folio 6v now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
17th January 2026
Folio 6r now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
16th January 2026
Folio 5v now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised, Google drive is also now open and a new spreadsheet for the transcription has been added, the style of the summary sheets has been updated going forward, this has simplifed the process for me and also helped when labelling the diagrams.
16th January 2026
Folio 5r now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
15th January 2026
Folio 4v now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
8th January 2026
Folio 4r now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
3rd January 2026
Folio 3v now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
31st December 2025
Folio 3r now also fully edited and updated, anatomy and day counts revised
28th December 2025
Folio 2v now also fully edited and updated, Halley's Comet has also been identified on paragraph 2 line 5.
26th December 2025
Folio 2r now also fully edited and updated, some new content on tiktok too. Don't think I'll be able to start the experiment until April, it's not the weather for sap/gum extraction, just have to wait until I can get it from the tree. https://www.tiktok.com/@voynichdecoded
15th December 2025
I've been really busy teaching so haven't had a lot of time with the book, grammar changed back to project from connect for virtus, I've been really going through the recipe and the instructions are so clear I think it can actually be tested. So I'm going to test it and document it on social media. The whole schedule is 178 days but the Nigredo part is only 34 and at that point it should be visible if there is a change to the sap or not. I an then decide if I want to continue with it or not. I just so happen to have Citrus aurantium at the front of my house, 3 young trees I rescued from the supermarket a few years ago and I've been meaning to move them, I totally forgot about them and when I checked they appear to be the exact ones I need. I also have an old vintage syphon coffee pot I've had for years with a glass stopper so this will also suffice as a glass heatproof flask. I have all that I need so why not!! Mercury isn't in the right position until February so that gives me time to start to collect the sap. I've put some videos up on tiktok. https://www.tiktok.com/@voynichdecoded
8th December 2025
Had to update key a little, my grammar and the use of tenses was throwing it out of synch, Vessel receives has gone back to 'Dose Vessel' this is a human interaction, not celestial as I originally thought. And 'Influxus' must also change, in my mind it's always been the channel/the road/the thread that connects the above to the below but it isn't, it's the flow of the power itself, there is no road or channel, it's just the power. So 'Influxus' has changed to 'Draw Virtus'. Key has been updated, folios being done in the background, I'll change the dates on the links once I have finished the edit.
7th December 2025
What I've found is quite incredible, my grammar was affecting the read of the procedures so I spent some time going back through everything. Folio 1r is the recipe for the actual PHILOSOPHERS STONE, using folio 1v bitter orange or citrus sap. If you have an alchemical flask and the sap you could actually run the recipe over the 178 days. This is why that plant is on the back of the folio, they can never be divided. Folio 1v is also medicinal for the next male treatment. It serves 2 purposes, one as the raw material needed to make the philosophers stone and the other as a medicinal treatment for male fertility. The latter follows the timing protocol on the page, the former does not, 1r just requires citrus sap. Citrus sap is different to all other saps, check it yourself. ALSO the r glyph 'Dose' the label has been changed to Vessel Receives, this is more accurate than Dose but effectively the same thing.
5th December 2025
Another evolution......... and Lunar Phase is changing to 'Lunar Virtus' the forth Virtus, now we have Natural, Solar (2), Planetary and Lunar. Updates being done as and when I have time
4th December 2025
Following the change with Midnight and the removal of Spiritus/World Soul, the old label “Nous” no longer fit. Further testing shows it must be relabelled. The “2” mark is a modifier attached to the c-glyph. This also made it clear that c is not Solar Virtus — c is simply Virtus (operative power), and the 2 glyph indicates that this instance is Solar Virtus. There are three types of Virtus: solar, planetary, and natural.
1st December 2025
Spent some time on the planetary/gallows glyphs, fully understand their shapes now. The glyph shapes are visual mnemonics - simple drawings that help you remember which planet is which by encoding what makes each one distinctive. The '4' pointing left (east) appears on Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus - these are reliable morning stars you can spot before sunrise. Mars and Mercury don't have the '4' because they're not stable eastern risers. Two lines touching the ground means "crosses the whole sky" - Mars and Saturn rise in the east and set in the west in one night. One line touching ground means "doesn't complete the crossing" - Mercury stays in twilight near the Sun, and Jupiter spends months looping backward high overhead instead of simply setting. Venus hugs the horizon (the '4' sits at ground level) because it never rises high. The loops show retrograde motion - small loops for Mars and Saturn's modest backward motion, a big curl for Jupiter's dramatic four-month loop. Each shape draws in one continuous stroke - trace it with your finger like a conductor's gesture, and the motion helps you remember which planet it represents.
30th November 2025
Every new evolution brings further understanding and with that comes knowledge of how the manuscript works. The 'a' glyph I had marked as Spiritus was bothering me, if something isn't right the code bothers me and this was one of those moments, so as I've been updating I decided to check it again. The symbol clearly shows something descending from above to the horizon. Spiritus wasn't fitting this, so after further research 'Influxus' is the right label. The astral or celestial influence of the Sun (and other planets and stars) on the terrestrial, sublunar world, including the human body and soul. Key has been updated to reflect change as have the updated and open folios
25th November 2025
All folios are being updated and will become clickable on the website as soon as all paperwork is up to date, I've simplified the system so it should be quicker going forward.
21st November 2025
I've taken the folios offline again as I'm simplifying how they are displayed and with the new planetary mappings, lunar phases, the 'c' glyph = World Soul has evolved. I looked at the symbol again, it's the core c shape with a forward projecting line, this has now been relabelled to 'Solar Virtus'. It's not the world soul opening, its the sun's power being channelled. I'll be updating as soon as humanly possible.
18th November 2025
I'm updating but finding a way to combine all this info is challenging, I have day counts, planetary positions, lunar phases and all that's inbetween so you'll have to hang fire while I work out how to display it all correctly and simply! No wonder they used symbols!
18th November 2025
It's not only the planets that map but also the moon, the lunar information has now also been added to the planetary positions and mapping
17th November 2025
The 'y' update caused all the day counts to change, as a result I decided to try once again to map the planets. I took every planetary occurence across the lines and ran the entire sequence through star map programs and to my amazement they mapped. Every single folio maps to the planets. Every line is a map of the stars. On working this out I realised what I had labelled 'Divine Tone f' behaved the same way as the planets so I check it's position on the star map and realised it's actually Mercury. 'f' is no longer the divine tone it is now the planet Mercury. This had been labelled as g previously so that also had to be re-examined. The glyphs g and m have also evolved and all evolutions are in the key. I'm currently editing all the folios to bring in this new information. All planetary data is also now attached to every folio and the data flow has been simplified. As of this point only UP TO Folio 2r has been updated.
12th November 2025
Going through the folios I started to notice the ambiguity of y and how it was positioned. This bothered me, because the code is so logical. I spent the day re-running y and confirmed it had been mislabelled. y is Midnight — the missing cardinal point. Google Drive & the Folios tab is currently restricted while I update all paperwork and documentation to reflect the change. Even at this point, the code demands absolute logical precision and accuracy, this just changes the day counts in the code as previously y was labelled as start, bridge and end. Overall meaning isn't impacted.
12th November 2025
Folio 13r and 13v completed and added to website
11th November 2025
Folio 11v completed and added to website
11th November 2025
Folio 10v and 11r completed and added to website
6th November 2025
Folio 10r completed and added to website, off to visit family for a few days so publishing will continue next week
5th November 2025
Folio 9v completed and added to website
4th November 2025
Folio 8v and 9r completed and added to website
3rd November 2025
Folio 7v and 8r completed and added to website
2nd November 2025
New video on Youtube - The Music of the Spheres. https://youtube.com/shorts/2BM_vMwygCM
1st November 2025
Folio 7r video now added, video for Folio 7v will be uploaded to website later today.
31st October 2025
Folio 7r now added, video for Folio 5v also added and video for Folio 6r will be uploaded to website later today.
30th October 2025
Big new find in the De Medici section. The Medici coat of arms isn’t just decoration — it’s the solar orbit code itself. Flip it and you get the same structure as the book: five red suns marking the path, one blue Earth grounding the cycle. I’ve added a new paper and a short video showing exactly how it works — all now live in the De Medici section.
29th October 2025
Research into Cosimo de’ Medici’s private gardens and early experiments made me look again at the plant on Folio 1v. I had identified it as lemon, but the evidence now points to bitter orange (Citrus aurantium). The morphology, especially the three-lobed cup and green-yellow leaves, fits orange far better, and historically this was the citrus Cosimo actually cultivated in Florence. Its sap is aromatic and tonic rather than acidic, which matches the page’s theme of male renewal and cleansing.
29th October 2025
Folios are now being added daily. Videos are a little behind the folios, but I'll catch up soon.
27th October 2025
Working on the website, will be putting the folios on as soon as possible, please keep checking as I'm updating daily.
