16-02-2018, 11:09 PM
Thanks, Rene and JKP!
I see that the VMs cipher (text) forces even professional codebrakers to make doubtful steps in deciphering, to say nothing of such amateurs as me :-)
I tried to understand how he came to his theory.
It seems natural that many people follow their knowledge about the examined object which exists in some period of time, and this knowledge with addition of a personal visual impression form a general theory. As a result, their deciphering gives those words that they want to find there.
As I can't read all Brumbaugh's writings, I can only guess that Brumbaugh's assumtion was based on his belief and knowledge for that time that the manuscript was written by Roger Bacon or made to look like. So, keeping Bacon in his mind, he could compare the Quire 13 only to Bacon's idea about the elixir of life. I've read a few Bacon's works and I can't find any hint that corresponds with my and other's observations on the VMs. Of course, it could be explained as his high secrecy concerning alchemical knowledges.
Sometimes I think that the VMs images only hamper in deciphering, but sometimes - that they can say all without the text...
I see that the VMs cipher (text) forces even professional codebrakers to make doubtful steps in deciphering, to say nothing of such amateurs as me :-)
I tried to understand how he came to his theory.
It seems natural that many people follow their knowledge about the examined object which exists in some period of time, and this knowledge with addition of a personal visual impression form a general theory. As a result, their deciphering gives those words that they want to find there.
As I can't read all Brumbaugh's writings, I can only guess that Brumbaugh's assumtion was based on his belief and knowledge for that time that the manuscript was written by Roger Bacon or made to look like. So, keeping Bacon in his mind, he could compare the Quire 13 only to Bacon's idea about the elixir of life. I've read a few Bacon's works and I can't find any hint that corresponds with my and other's observations on the VMs. Of course, it could be explained as his high secrecy concerning alchemical knowledges.
Sometimes I think that the VMs images only hamper in deciphering, but sometimes - that they can say all without the text...