# Voynich manuscript finally deciphered?

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> [@Yllaria](#):
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> In medieval art, often size was used to indicate how important figures were. More important people were drawn as bigger. That’s assuming that the figures were drawn to plan rather than some being made smaller because the drafter was running out of room.

> [@Musicat](#):
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> You could be right; this is not my level of expertise. But it is not out of line to say, “Cite?”

It was common to illustrate more important people larger, as for example [Edward the Confessor](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/496xn/p02m3z15.jpg) in the Bayeux Tapestry. In the Voynich illustration, the larger figures are wearing tiaras or some other headgear, and have much more elaborate hairdos, suggesting they may be noblewomen and the others lesser members of their court.

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