Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Oh...i guess i should have caught up, you were talking about the crown? I discounted that right away and thought you were talking about the the other one. In any case there is no comparable headwear in your example. Nor does any of the clothing match.

Thanks, Linda, for your contribution. Though Koen and JP have found some fashion links to the 15th century, this cannot overcome the primary evidence arguing against the redaction of the VMS in 15th century Europe, namely, the failure to find another instance of VMS script from that place and time.

Moreover, the general tone and style of the VMS has very little in common with other manuscripts of the 15th century. That is not just my opinion. For example, D'Imperio cites an expert on medieval manuscripts as saying "It is strange that the draftsman should have so completely escaped all medieval or Renaissance influence."

The medieval situation was further complicated by the Inquisition and their book-burning bonfires. Valuable sources of precedent material are no longer extant leading Koen and JP to faulty conclusions regarding dates of origin.