Voynich theories and Voynich solutions

[Emma May Smith]

The "tone" of the research is bound to change over time.

The more researchers who have contributed in the past, the more difficult it becomes to find new or original lines of inquiry. The early researchers had an open field—anything they said about it was new.

We have to work harder and with more imagination to add anything of significance to what already exists.

My experience has, sadly, been the opposite. I've never found it hard to think of new ideas to research—ideas that others have barely touched on. I scour the mailing list for discussions of the things I'm thinking about and see only one or two mentions of them, sometimes 25 years ago.

Moreover, there are topics which might have been mentioned by Currier or Tiltman but seem never to have been taken forward.

There is a vast amount to do, if you're willing to get up close to the text, that is.