Part I. ff. 1r-66vBotanical sections containing drawings of 113
unidentified plant species. Special care is taken in the representation of
the flowers, leaves and the root systems of the individual plants.
Drawings accompanied by text.
Part II. ff. 67r-73vAstronomical or astrological section containing 25
astral diagrams in the form of circles, concentric or with radiating
segments, some with the sun or the moon in the center; the segments
filled with stars and inscriptions, some with the signs of the zodiac and
concentric circles of nude females, some free-standing, other emerging from
objects similar to cans or tubes. Little continuous text.
Part III. ff. 75r-84v"Biological" section c...

Part I. ff. 1r-66vBotanical sections containing drawings of 113
unidentified plant species. Special care is taken in the representation of
the flowers, leaves and the root systems of the individual plants.
Drawings accompanied by text.
Part II. ff. 67r-73vAstronomical or astrological section containing 25
astral diagrams in the form of circles, concentric or with radiating
segments, some with the sun or the moon in the center; the segments
filled with stars and inscriptions, some with the signs of the zodiac and
concentric circles of nude females, some free-standing, other emerging from
objects similar to cans or tubes. Little continuous text.
Part III. ff. 75r-84v"Biological" section containing drawings of
small-scale female nudes, most with bulging abdomens and exaggerated hips,
immersed or emerging from fluids, or interconnecting tubes and capsules.
These drawings are the most enigmatic in the manuscript and it has been
suggested that they symbolically represent the process of human
reproduction and the procedure by which the soul becomes united with the
body (cf. W. Newbold and R. Kent, The Cipher of Roger Bacon
[Philadelphia, 1928] p. 46).