(13-09-2016, 09:25 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So you espouse one of the most implausible theories without any evidence and need our help to find said evidence?
How did you reach the conclusion "most implausible theory"?
Do you have some data to back that up? Statistics? Chance of forgery is x % and chance of "real medieval undecipherable badly painted manuscript" is y %?
And "without any evidence"?
- Wilfrid the Forgerer had access to books - examples, one of your own ideas - examples from Middle Eastern sources, copying
- There's no history from "1440" to ~1600 (if you take Rudolf II as an owner); 160 years without mentioning this curious mystery?
- There's no incentive to support a fake by Voynich idea; all the forces will be against anyone who mentions this possibility
- Or are referred to pits of the past, where a "searchable" mailing list is "offered". After some searches little came up there and less of objections
- Wifrid the Wizard was aware of the value of (fake) manuscripts
- anyone could have written it and different hands suggest different accomplices
- What is the "evidence" for the reality of a medieval manuscript?
None.
Even for those who trust the "authority" of McClone (what's in the name), involved in more fake "1425-1445 manuscripts"**, that date of the parchment/vellum/skin the whole thang is written on, doesn't say anything about the time of writing.
Apparently a time analysis of the ink and paint was "impossible" (for C14), yet while in a similar forgery, also in possession of the Yippie Yeah Yale library, that concluded it was a fake, not confirmed by the library itself.
Another fake, this time by Voynich, whose name is curiously given to it, would not look good on the CV, right?
Maintain the dream and stay asleep when you say "conspiracies of a grand scale would be impossible" and "don't question the reality of the thing, let us wonder about what it would mean" and be happy.
Those who've studied history have other expertises and will see the forgery.
Enjoy!
** "search the mailing list" - was the hospitable helpful answer by a VMS expert here to me. So do that indeed.