31-03-2017, 06:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 31-03-2017, 06:54 PM by davidjackson.)
As I've said before, the whole book is basically a florigelia combined with a herbal.
In an age where a link with the ancient classics was paramount, an undateable creation like the Voynich would be worthless - unless you were trying to forge an eastern link, and there is no iconographic eastern tradition apparent in the Voynich.
Actually, that's what always worried me about the Rudolph link. Why would he pay good money for a worthless book? The whole story sounds like a modern interpretation of 'what he should have done' which doesn't take into account the mindset of the time. (Off topic rambling! I'll shut up or create a new topic later)
In an age where a link with the ancient classics was paramount, an undateable creation like the Voynich would be worthless - unless you were trying to forge an eastern link, and there is no iconographic eastern tradition apparent in the Voynich.
Actually, that's what always worried me about the Rudolph link. Why would he pay good money for a worthless book? The whole story sounds like a modern interpretation of 'what he should have done' which doesn't take into account the mindset of the time. (Off topic rambling! I'll shut up or create a new topic later)