Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Morten, the four-legged scorpions from England are different from the VMS "scorpion".

I would not rule out the possibility that the VMS authors created an original design for the scorpion, possibly influenced by earlier depictions of dragons. Some of their zodiac images are traditional, so they apparently knew what a real scorpion looked like but did not want to use it.

By MSG Theory, anything and everything in the VMS that relates to Europe or Old World culture should predate A.D. 1244. As you know, I am theorizing that the escapees of Montségur fled to the Americas whereupon all contact with the Old World would have been lost.

That gives you a maximum range of just 194 years to work with: from 1244 to 1438. The Hundred Years War began in 1337 and appears to have been heavily depicted in the literature of the epoch. Are you able to find a scene from that war in the VMS? Maybe a heraldry device or emblem? A king or court scene? Depiction of a cannon would swing it as they were introduced into Europe in the 14th century.

What about depiction of a saint or pope from the 14th century? A new architectural design? Can you date the clothing in the astrology section? The archer's hat has a tail; when did they start to put tails on their hats?

Wilfred Voynich dated the VMS to the 13th century and, prior to the fateful events of 1944 (when a prominent botanist discovered a sunflower), medieval experts tended to agree with him or, at least, they found nothing in the VMS that would suggest a later date.