Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

The point is that the marginalia wasn't written by the original authors of the VMS but rather by people who are trying to inform how to decode the thing.

This is pure supposition.

You don't know if the marginalia is contemporary with the creation of the VMS or not. The handwriting is old, possibly as old as the early 14th century. It may have been someone who proofread or reviewed or advised on the VMS. It may have been the first owner after its creation, sometime who knew the creators. It may have been someone who knew how Voynichese worked, or it might have been the first person who acquired it who didn't know how Voynichese worked and was trying to figure it out.

The column of letters on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. right-hand side looks far more like an effort at decoding the VMS than the text on 17r.

The marginalia establishes a connection with Les Propheties de M. Michel Nostradamus (1588) and with The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (1597), so it is hard to imagine that it was written in the 15th century.

For f1r, do you have a complete list of the Latin alphabet with corresponding VMS symbols? The symbols are too faint for me to see but I imagine you have it in better resolution. Also, are the Latin letters marginalia? The handwriting looks different from other marginalia.

I plan to check out a column of symbols down the left side of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to see if there is something there that can be helpful. Indeed, that column looks promising because it includes rare symbols found on the wheels.