Morten St George Theory

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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.

It's not the job of a researcher to imagine when it was made and to try to force it into another time period. The style of writing on 116v/17r is 15th century whether it fits your theory or not.

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.

You and I have access to the same scans. It's my opinion that the column text on 1r is marginalia. Yes, the handwriting is different from the other marginalia.