03-11-2017, 12:44 AM
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I was wondering if a more accurate dating for Voynich’s catalogue #31 would be possible.
R. Prinke on the VMS ML archive names a rather rough timeframe of 1903-1915. X. Ceccaldi on the same list says “after 1915”. Anthony (surname avoided) states “after 1911”, etc.
Of course this probably more has to do with the “spy” activities of the Voynichs, which stopped sometimes before or during WWI.
But what would an agency do for the Voynichs? It sounds like a headquarter but maybe not like a stash of bookes at display.
It seems peculiar that the word “agency” is printed in italics on the catalogue cover, yet the address is reproduced slightly wrong: Correct would be “Peter-Jordan-Straße” instead of “Gasse”. It was named like this by the senate in 1904. Also, the house n° 27 happens to be in the 19th district, as the street now spans two districts, but it was built to this length only after 1909.
A.S. Levetus must be Amelia Sarah Levetus, a very interesting figure. She was an art historian and one of the first women to lecture on economics at the viennese university, etc. Essentially, what she did in house °27 was to run a language school, “She owned and taught at an English language school where she also organised a conversation club, the John Ruskin Club, which boasted a diverse programme of events and guest lectures on British history, culture and politics and offered trips to the UK”.
If you are interested, let’s try and add some pieces to the puzzle.
I was wondering if a more accurate dating for Voynich’s catalogue #31 would be possible.
R. Prinke on the VMS ML archive names a rather rough timeframe of 1903-1915. X. Ceccaldi on the same list says “after 1915”. Anthony (surname avoided) states “after 1911”, etc.
Of course this probably more has to do with the “spy” activities of the Voynichs, which stopped sometimes before or during WWI.
But what would an agency do for the Voynichs? It sounds like a headquarter but maybe not like a stash of bookes at display.
It seems peculiar that the word “agency” is printed in italics on the catalogue cover, yet the address is reproduced slightly wrong: Correct would be “Peter-Jordan-Straße” instead of “Gasse”. It was named like this by the senate in 1904. Also, the house n° 27 happens to be in the 19th district, as the street now spans two districts, but it was built to this length only after 1909.
A.S. Levetus must be Amelia Sarah Levetus, a very interesting figure. She was an art historian and one of the first women to lecture on economics at the viennese university, etc. Essentially, what she did in house °27 was to run a language school, “She owned and taught at an English language school where she also organised a conversation club, the John Ruskin Club, which boasted a diverse programme of events and guest lectures on British history, culture and politics and offered trips to the UK”.
If you are interested, let’s try and add some pieces to the puzzle.