19-08-2017, 12:11 PM
(19-08-2017, 12:06 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Marco
Your tone is polite but I find your way of arguing (here) somewhat unfair. I started my post by saying "Of course I do agree that we should be denied access to testing the VM at all costs". This should make it clear to you that I do not want to test the VM myself. How would I do this without proper knowledge and material?
The fact that we are not in a position (not allowed and not able) to test the manuscript is a limitation we have to deal with. Archaeologists studying Etruscan artifacts just have much more concrete information about the origin of the object than we do, and their position (as professionals) might allow them to commission tests in some cases.
Yet your reply is drenched in the strawman argument that I want to test the VM myself - it's rather difficult to argue about the matter at hand in this way.
You wrote "the fact that we don't have access to the artefact is a very real hindrance"
Please detail how this hinders the research community.