02-03-2019, 09:49 AM
(02-03-2019, 07:55 AM)Linda wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.No, i mean you said they migrated and wrote it then. On the vellum made of bison. Why would you want to test for bison protein if it is a copy of something made of bison?
The Beinecke VMS was tested for protein against protein samples taken from many animals including animals like squirrels but did not include bison. The family Bovidae (cows) gave the best match but bison are also of the same family and very close to cows (they can even interbreed). The objective of a new test would be to determine if bison protein gives as good or better match than cow protein.
We do not know on what type of material the initial writings were made. On f116v, the VMS depicts a marsh deer which could have provided parchment. The botanical and swamp sections of the VMS were obviously first written in the Americas. The astrology and deep text sections may have been brought to the Americas from Europe at the time of migration.