This is a long shot and a idea regarding You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the interpretation of a Duke, commander, general with the Latin word (praefecti). I did some research on the first word f_a_ch_y_s of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and I think the word is (Bella) for war. So I'm thinking many ciphers were created for strategic uses in battle campaigns that messengers would carry and maybe the cipher was just originally in Latin not in voynich until a duke decided to use the cipher as memoir in VMS using the same cipher but inter changed the letters to VMS symbols.
I believe Ercole I, Duke d'Este used Leon Battista Alberti cipher in his campaigns and Ercole could be a possible candidate of the Author of the VMS yet this is deep speculation for now. The battle of Molinella is at the same time of the cipher's invention.
Battle of Molinella
The Battle of Riccardina or Battle of Molinella, fought on July 25, 1467, in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., was one of the most important battles of the 15th century in Italy.
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Leonello d'Este
1407-1450
He succeeded his father Nicolò III upon the latter's death.
A prince enlightened in politics, refined and an art lover, he started up a distinguished group of humanists, whose names include maestro Guarino da Verona, Angelo Decembrio and Leon Battista Alberti.
In 1435 he married Margherita Gonzaga.
In 1444 he married Maria of Aragon.
![[Image: borso]](http://www.castelloestense.it/en/the-castle/the-history/the-este/borso)
Borso d'Este
He succeeded his brother Leonello. He was a man of action, an able soldier, ambitious and a shrewd statesman. In 1471 he earned the title of Duke for his family. He never stopped working to sustain the economy above all through land reclamation work on the Ferrarese territory, which was for the most part swampy and unproductive. He supported the University and the arts are the realisation of the famous pictorial cycle of the months in the Delizia di Schifanoia and that of the extraordinary illuminated work known as Borso's Bible.
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Ercole I, Duke d'Este
Son of Nicolò III and Ricciarda da Saluzzo, he spent time at the Aragonese court of Naples, from 1445 to 1460, where he received a satisfactory military and chivalric education. In 1473 he married Eleonora of Aragon with whom he had three children: Alfonso, the famous Isabella and Beatrice. A shrewd matrimonial policy wove important alliances for the Estense court, Alfonso firstly married Anna Sforza and when he was left a widower, Lucrezia Borgia, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Isabella was married to Francesco. Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua and Beatrice was married to Ludovico Sforza known as il Moro. During his reign, Ercole found himself fighting the Venetians (1482-1484) putting up resistance to their southerly expansion. The war came to an end with the peace treaty of Bagnolo (1484) which ratified the the house of Este's loss of the Polesine. It was his far-sightedness which gave us the vast extension of the city walls, the so-called Addizione Erculea, which, commissioned to the great architect Biagio Rossetti, radically changed the appearance of the city. In a few years, in which construction sites for the building of city walls, palaces, roads, squares and convents, the city doubled in size and from a small medieval town arose a Renaissance town-planning gem. The castle, already the residence of the Duke's family, now found itself at the centre of the city, a massive reference point visible from all points of the urban fabric, and the changes that would lead it to function almost exclusively as a court residence were started. Ercole, an enthusiast of sacred and polyphonic music, swept in a new era in Ferrarese music, competing with the most important courts: Naples, Milan and, more than anywhere else, the Pontificate to attract the best composers and musicians. As well as live music, he had an interest for the theatre. In fact, he introduced works with profane themes and with impressive scenery that earned him consensus among his subjects and men of culture. Ercole I died in 1505, but not without having designated his successor, his son Alfonso.
I believe Ercole I, Duke d'Este used Leon Battista Alberti cipher in his campaigns and Ercole could be a possible candidate of the Author of the VMS yet this is deep speculation for now. The battle of Molinella is at the same time of the cipher's invention.
Battle of Molinella
The Battle of Riccardina or Battle of Molinella, fought on July 25, 1467, in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., was one of the most important battles of the 15th century in Italy.
- On the one side were 14,000 infantry and cavalry led by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in theory fighting for Venice (but Colleoni had his personal agenda), in coalition with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., Marquis of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (represented by his half-brother You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) and the Lords of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and some renegade families of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
- On the other side was an army of 13,000 soldiers in the service of Florence, allied with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (ruler of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.), King You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (ruler of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). The army was led by a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
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Leonello d'Este
1407-1450
He succeeded his father Nicolò III upon the latter's death.
A prince enlightened in politics, refined and an art lover, he started up a distinguished group of humanists, whose names include maestro Guarino da Verona, Angelo Decembrio and Leon Battista Alberti.
In 1435 he married Margherita Gonzaga.
In 1444 he married Maria of Aragon.
Borso d'Este
He succeeded his brother Leonello. He was a man of action, an able soldier, ambitious and a shrewd statesman. In 1471 he earned the title of Duke for his family. He never stopped working to sustain the economy above all through land reclamation work on the Ferrarese territory, which was for the most part swampy and unproductive. He supported the University and the arts are the realisation of the famous pictorial cycle of the months in the Delizia di Schifanoia and that of the extraordinary illuminated work known as Borso's Bible.
Ercole I, Duke d'Este
Son of Nicolò III and Ricciarda da Saluzzo, he spent time at the Aragonese court of Naples, from 1445 to 1460, where he received a satisfactory military and chivalric education. In 1473 he married Eleonora of Aragon with whom he had three children: Alfonso, the famous Isabella and Beatrice. A shrewd matrimonial policy wove important alliances for the Estense court, Alfonso firstly married Anna Sforza and when he was left a widower, Lucrezia Borgia, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Isabella was married to Francesco. Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua and Beatrice was married to Ludovico Sforza known as il Moro. During his reign, Ercole found himself fighting the Venetians (1482-1484) putting up resistance to their southerly expansion. The war came to an end with the peace treaty of Bagnolo (1484) which ratified the the house of Este's loss of the Polesine. It was his far-sightedness which gave us the vast extension of the city walls, the so-called Addizione Erculea, which, commissioned to the great architect Biagio Rossetti, radically changed the appearance of the city. In a few years, in which construction sites for the building of city walls, palaces, roads, squares and convents, the city doubled in size and from a small medieval town arose a Renaissance town-planning gem. The castle, already the residence of the Duke's family, now found itself at the centre of the city, a massive reference point visible from all points of the urban fabric, and the changes that would lead it to function almost exclusively as a court residence were started. Ercole, an enthusiast of sacred and polyphonic music, swept in a new era in Ferrarese music, competing with the most important courts: Naples, Milan and, more than anywhere else, the Pontificate to attract the best composers and musicians. As well as live music, he had an interest for the theatre. In fact, he introduced works with profane themes and with impressive scenery that earned him consensus among his subjects and men of culture. Ercole I died in 1505, but not without having designated his successor, his son Alfonso.