30-04-2017, 06:10 AM
So do you hope that, if 15th century Romani.writings could be found, they would look like Voynichese?
I'd first wonder whether it would be realistic for them to bevable to read and write in the first place. This was not a trivial thing in the middle ages. Especially to produce a codex would require some tradition and expertise.
That said, it might be of interest that there are indications that at least part of the VM was originally not in codex form, but as loose sheets. I am also relatively certain that the VM is a copy of earlier documents.
So in short, my first question would be: is it feasable at all for nomadic peoples to produce hundreds of pages in illuminated writing?
I'd first wonder whether it would be realistic for them to bevable to read and write in the first place. This was not a trivial thing in the middle ages. Especially to produce a codex would require some tradition and expertise.
That said, it might be of interest that there are indications that at least part of the VM was originally not in codex form, but as loose sheets. I am also relatively certain that the VM is a copy of earlier documents.
So in short, my first question would be: is it feasable at all for nomadic peoples to produce hundreds of pages in illuminated writing?