Humanist handwriting in the MS?

[ReneZ]

Well, as thread starter, I only had one thread in mind. It deals with the apparent contradictions that are evoked by the suggestion of a humanist hand behind the writing in the MS.

On the one hand, there is the point that humanist writing is an expression of a desire for form, which seems in contradiction with the lack of form in the illustrations.
On the other, there is the point raised by Juan Jose Marcos, and similarly by Helmut here, that humanist writing was used by a limited circle of people, educated in medicine, theology, law, and with an interest in classical philology. This also seems in contradiction with the Voynich MS. ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )

Sozomeno was an early humanist. Toresella specifically referred to humanists from the second half of the Century, but he did not explain why. In any case, while his marginal drawings are of a different execution than the Voynich MS, they are just as crude. Marco already pointed out in an earlier discussion that they do not seem too much related with the topic of the main text of the MS (in this case Marcus Porcius Cato).