How the Voynich manuscript may have been misbound

Single sheet, folded in

half and intended to be

read as a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet stored

stacked with other,

similar works

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Now pages intended to be

read together are separated

by other, unrelated content

Single sheet, folded in

half and intended to be

read as a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet stored

stacked with other,

similar works

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Now pages intended to be

read together are separated

by other, unrelated content

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Single sheet,

folded in half

and intended

to be read as

a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet

stored stacked

with other,

similar works

Now pages intended to

be read together are

separated by other,

unrelated content

Single sheet, folded in

half and intended to be

read as a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet stored

stacked with other,

similar works

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Now pages intended to be

read together are separated

by other, unrelated content

Single sheet, folded in

half and intended to be

read as a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet stored

stacked with other,

similar works

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Now pages intended to be

read together are separated

by other, unrelated content

Later, the individual

pamphlets are laid out

flat and bound into a

single volume

Now pages intended to

be read together are

separated by other,

unrelated content

Single sheet,

folded in half

and intended

to be read as

a pamphlet

Folded pamphlet

stored stacked

with other,

similar works