Morten St George Theory

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Morten St George:
Per my investigations, the VMS was decoded between late 1585 and 1589 somewhere in Protestant-controlled Europe, possibly in Nérac, France, under the protection of King Henry of Navarre.

That's the time-period during which it may have been in the hands of those who attended the pharmacy and botanical garden in Krumlov where Jakub Horcicky was taken in to clean the Jesuit kitchen. That's where he was educated before going to Prague.

Maybe it originated in France, maybe in Switzerland, maybe in Provençal, maybe in Italy/Lombardy, but maybe also in southern Bohemia. France is only one of many possibilities.

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If someone had decoded it (assuming there is language underneath it), don't you think they would have written at least SOMETHING somewhere in the manuscript to indicate at least one word of what it might say? Adding glosses to manuscripts was very common in those days.