12-11-2017, 10:01 AM
There will probably be some sort of report of the event on the Siloé site, but let me also share some of my impressions.
Burgos is one of the well-known cities of Spain, but it remains a 'provincial town'. Still, the event attracted so many people that the place was packed. The organisers estimated between 300 and 400 visitors. This is due to the fascination of the Voynich MS, of which I got to know a new dimension.
We all know that there are amateurs that lilke to exchange thoughts in fora, and there are even more interested people who don't, but occasionally come up with interesting publications (e.g. Schinner, Reddy & Knight, Muntemurro, Amancio et al.). There are also plenty of people without great previous knowledge about the MS who are coming up with translations, and there are quite a few historians, medievalists and MS experts whose opinions are very hard to get.
Beside this, there is an enormous number of people who are simply fascinated by this single MS and would like to know more. Of course, only a very small fraction of them are willing to spend many thousands of Euros for the facsimile, but they are still hundreds. I had a chance to talk to several of them. They came from different European countries just for this event.
Burgos is one of the well-known cities of Spain, but it remains a 'provincial town'. Still, the event attracted so many people that the place was packed. The organisers estimated between 300 and 400 visitors. This is due to the fascination of the Voynich MS, of which I got to know a new dimension.
We all know that there are amateurs that lilke to exchange thoughts in fora, and there are even more interested people who don't, but occasionally come up with interesting publications (e.g. Schinner, Reddy & Knight, Muntemurro, Amancio et al.). There are also plenty of people without great previous knowledge about the MS who are coming up with translations, and there are quite a few historians, medievalists and MS experts whose opinions are very hard to get.
Beside this, there is an enormous number of people who are simply fascinated by this single MS and would like to know more. Of course, only a very small fraction of them are willing to spend many thousands of Euros for the facsimile, but they are still hundreds. I had a chance to talk to several of them. They came from different European countries just for this event.
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