Morten St George Theory

[Linda]

Morten, i apologize for misspelling your name earlier

I didn't even notice.

I am wondering why you insist the manuscript should be created in the 13th century

There are many indications that the VMS was composed by Cathar heretics who became extinct in Europe during the 13th century.

Composition by Cathars would explain the use of encryption and would also explain, in view of Inquisition efforts to erase all memory of them, why we are finding it so hard to identify the VMS authors.

I do not place a lot of credence in the zodiac arguments of JP and Koen. Old World literature has been saturated with zodiac depictions since ancient times and, without a complete account of all astrological works across time (which we do not have), it is impossible to say with confidence that a certain design first arose on such and such a date.

Case in point: JP shows us 15th century depictions of a human Sagittarius (rather than the classical Centaur) and claims this is evidence that the VMS Sagittarius (also human) dates to the 15th century. Meanwhile, he conveniently downgrades his own depiction of a human Sagittarius dating from the 6th century. In no way does the zodiac provide a smoking gun for the 15th century.

If Cathars are involved i can see why you would set the date that way. But why can it not be a 15th century copy of something they wrote? 

Also, how do your Cathar thoughts correspond with the Nostradamus ideas? 

I dont think JKP is only going by what the design portrays but also how it is portrayed. ie style vs substance vs style and substance. I think that many of the older depictions can be picked out of the newer ones by their style.
It is like how you can tell the evolution of Superman in comics and movies, there is a certain style to each incarnation, even though the substance, letter s on chest, hair curl, etc are generally expressed in all of them. It is more difficult when you are dealing with thousands of years worth of depictions of course.

Can you show which 6th century Sagittarius  you mean? Then we can specifically say what we think is the case rather than making assumptions about others' ideas of whether something should be considered or not. You could learn how to see certain style types that could assist you going forward, or the we could all consider it if your example hasn't been discussed before.