my suggestion about the author of MV

[-JKP-]

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Are there significant facts to believe that the author lived in the 15th century and did not use drawings from books in 16th (clothing)?

1. Exemplars that are most similar to the VMS zodiac figures are mostly late-14th and 15th century (I've posted maps to show location and time periods, numerous others have posted examples and specifics).
2. Clothing fits very closely with the zodiac symbols (I've posted articles on tunics and hats, and Koen has posted research specifically on the time period for the overall fashion styles).
3. Radio-carbon dating indicates c. 1404 to c. 1438.
4. The 116v text is consistent with early 15th century scripts (I base this assessment on locating and comparing more than 1,000 similar scripts).
5. The quire numbers are consistent with late-14th-century and 15th-century numeral styles.
6. The labels added to the zodiac figures are harder to assess because there are so few words, but they are probably mid- or late-15th century.
7. T-in-O diagrams died out when people became more familiar with the rest of the globe and with magnetic compasses and were pretty much gone by the mid-16th century.

Those are the ones I can think of quickly while I have a short (very short) lunch break.