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This investigation aims to reassess the claims of New-World plant identifications in the Voynich Manuscript.

July 1, 2026Open Access

Re-examining Claimed New-World Plants in the Voynich Manuscript: An Iconographic Reassessment of the Disputed Folios

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This investigation aims to reassess the claims of New-World plant identifications in the Voynich Manuscript.
Iconographic reassessment of disputed folios
Analysis of plant identifications
Comparison to European/Mediterranean herbal canon
No Voynich plant illustration necessitates a New-World reading.
Identifications like Helianthus on f93r lack consensus in New-World scholarship.
Recognizable plants align with the established European herbal tradition rather than indicate New-World origins.

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Iconographic reassessment reveals no New-World readings in the Voynich Manuscript illustrations, suggesting traditional European links.

Matthew Owens (2026) studied this question.

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