Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

MSG wrote: "Some experts made comments that would fully support your theory of original redaction in the 15th century, such as,..."

You keep saying I have a theory of original redaction in the 15th century. I've already told you that is not the case.


Your use of the phrase "original redaction" is rather confusing, since a redaction is a copy and an "original" is not a copy and some manuscripts include both copied and original material. This terminology is too vague for us to discern what you mean.

Sorry about the confusion. I should have phrased it better. Everywhere in your posts you have given us (or me) the impression that you think the current VMS is the first and only writing of what we see in the manuscript, whereas I postulate that the current VMS is an exact copy of earlier writings. I hope that clarifies it.

The matter is important. The date of original composition (first writing) can be very helpful in determining where and by whom it was created. For example, it seems unlikely that any Europeans could have migrated to the Americas circa 1420 without our knowing about it, but not so circa 1244 when people had reason to flee being burned at the stake.

It also seems unlikely that any Europeans other than Cathars could have migrated to the Americas without our knowing about it: their unique adversity to procreation would explain why no one found them during the 16th century.

Do you have anything to say about 15th-century clocks and Florentine hats?