I don't think it would be difficult for Dee and Kelley/Talbot to get their hands on 100-year-old vellum. They were hanging around with nobility who were in the Emperor's favor, and nobility had resources.
I am, however, doubtful that Dee was involved. Kelley I wouldn't doubt for a minute. He was a rogue. He was ambitious. He was smart, and he did what it took to get his hands on things that could improve his reputation and pocket book. If anyone in his era saw an opportunity to create a fake, I think he'd do it in a heartbeat.
Dee was a completely different kind of person... pious, gullible, sincere, thirsty for knowledge, and a busy family man with children.
Kelley had the time and opportunity to do something like this. Dee would have difficulty doing it both time-wise and possibly also from a moral standpoint. I don't think they did it together. Dee left voluminous notes, including some he hid on the lining of a trunk that were later found, and something like the VMS was never mentioned. The other cipher/hieroglpyphic books that were mentioned have been identified by historians.
So, you might convince me with a good argument that Kelley did it (I've considered him a number of times), but you would have to give a very very very good argument to convince me that Dee had anything to do with creating a VMS fake because I would have trouble believing it.
I am, however, doubtful that Dee was involved. Kelley I wouldn't doubt for a minute. He was a rogue. He was ambitious. He was smart, and he did what it took to get his hands on things that could improve his reputation and pocket book. If anyone in his era saw an opportunity to create a fake, I think he'd do it in a heartbeat.
Dee was a completely different kind of person... pious, gullible, sincere, thirsty for knowledge, and a busy family man with children.
Kelley had the time and opportunity to do something like this. Dee would have difficulty doing it both time-wise and possibly also from a moral standpoint. I don't think they did it together. Dee left voluminous notes, including some he hid on the lining of a trunk that were later found, and something like the VMS was never mentioned. The other cipher/hieroglpyphic books that were mentioned have been identified by historians.
So, you might convince me with a good argument that Kelley did it (I've considered him a number of times), but you would have to give a very very very good argument to convince me that Dee had anything to do with creating a VMS fake because I would have trouble believing it.