04-04-2019, 04:21 PM
Quote:I don't think the first page was completely filled. I think this is the beginning of the table of contents of the hymnal, which was never written. Author VM took the parchment (not the fact that he bought it), he needed to scrape off only the right side of the announcement. If you look at the Psalter by link (for example), you can see exactly the same table of contents and also find a few glifs that were used in the VM. This may be directly related to the place of writing the VM, its origin and explain many of the drawings in the VM. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Yes, I see what you mean, but once again, one would not spoil the very first page of his work by writing it on a used vellum sheet. Furthermore, it is somewhat doubtful that it's been really scraped out, the fact is that Voynich himself applied chemicals to this folio in order to reveal what's hidden, and he only made things worse with the de Tepenec's signature, and quite likely this was the case with these alphabetical rows.
The link that you provide shows glyphs not specifically used in the VM, but just common Arabic numbers - like they were used to be written back then. In fact, many Voynichese glyphs are not genuine, but are well-known shapes used in contemporary Latin (and even non-Latin) shorthand. Much can be found on this subject in this Forum.
About the VMS dating, many things, and not just carbon dating, point to 15th century. The costumes, the handwriting... this has been discussed in the Forum as well. Considering it a later product dangerously balances on the Ockham's razor edge and takes us into the realm of theories as Janick & Tucker's, of which there can be many, so then the question arises - why Agrippa in the first place? Why not Paracelsus, or Rabelais, or alii? Agrippa was a magician and alchemist, and there is not a bit of alchemic symbolics in the VMS, except perhaps for the capital "M" in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. which designates noone knows what.
All in all, I consider searching for the Agrippa's trail a bit of a vain pursuit.