On this forum I for one miss Chen Zhe.
Oh or arca libraria, he was here for only a short time but made many valuable contributions. He did mention health problems, I hope he's ok.
All of those mentioned in this thread, and Ellie V!
And among the non-ninjas I wish we would hear from :
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Yes, Ellie V. was active in the forum before me, but references/quotes about her work are quite common ( especially in relation to her blog ).
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She is not interested in the Voynich MS anymore.
The disappearance of relevant web resources (blogs) is a bit of an issue.
(09-09-2020, 09:50 AM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.edit: Unfortunately the blog at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. seems to have been removed.
Oh no... Wow that is really too bad.
I have spoken with quite a number of inactive Voynich MS researchers, i.e. after they stopped being actively interested in the MS and writing about it.
From this, I can say that most of them simply found better things to do. They will not return.
The names mentioned in this thread could easily be extended.
For example:
Rafal Prinke
Philip Neal (was he mentioned already?)
Michael Roe
John Grove
Elmar Vogt
Gabriel Landini
Johannes Albus (=pseudonym)
I have met five of the above seven.
All of them have contributed positively in the last decades, and I apologise to others whom I left out.
On the other topic, wishing that historical persons who have long died could be interviewed, is a bit of a hypothetical thing, but it should not come as a great surprise that also this question has been asked before, in fact decades ago.
At the time, the clear winner was Jakobus de Tepenec. He was considered the person most likely to know more about the earlier history of the MS. Right now, I would favour Rafael Mnisovsky instead.
Elmar Vogt has been blogging recently.
(05-09-2020, 01:14 AM)MichelleL11 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I wish Julian Bunn was around more. 
(08-09-2020, 08:52 PM)Emma May Smith Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Stolfi would be my number one choice. But also seconding Bunn.
Ha ha, thanks for that! I do pop in occasionally to see what's happening. Recently I have been experimenting with a GAN that produces artificial images of Voynich folios. I'm certain this wont help with anything, but it's fun.
I do think that GANs may be a useful tool to attack the text with, but I haven't formulated a plan yet. Perhaps worthy of its own topic.
Julian
Hi there,
Can anyone explain what issue made Stolfi leave the Voynich research? I've seen this mentioned many times before but no one touches the subject. I would really like to know, it's a bit of history anyway.
Actually, Stolfi would be my choice.