13-04-2019, 10:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-04-2019, 11:04 PM by Mark Knowles.)
Nick, nice to talk with you here! It seems that talking with people who are more knowledgable and experienced, in an area that one is interested in, than one's self is a pretty good approach. Often I find many such people have not heard of the Voynich manuscript and can be intrigued to have been introduced to it.
Where did you read that that is an invalid way to do historical research? I freely admit to not having studied historiography, so any reference texts are always appreciated.
In fact I find it troubling that in Voynich research expert opinions are not drawn upon more.
Sure, experts don't know everything and sometimes one has to become an expert one's self on the relevant subject.
Someone who is experienced in the area may be familiar with the relevant collections of historical maps of specific towns (e.g. a cartographic history of town/region X).
Whilst I can appreciate that it may be more fun to make your own discoveries than to rely on those of others I am keen to take shortcuts whenever possible.
So far I have found expert knowledge very helpful, especially in this area.
I have seen maps in hard to see old black and white images in old journal articles, but I would appreciate seeing them as high resolution colour scans. I have a few strands I need to follow to find people who may have seen the original Northern Italian regional maps that I am interested in, but I know exist.
An expert may have dealt with the question of reproduction rights for an image already and so could get one a copy of an image for personal use.
Where did you read that that is an invalid way to do historical research? I freely admit to not having studied historiography, so any reference texts are always appreciated.
In fact I find it troubling that in Voynich research expert opinions are not drawn upon more.
Sure, experts don't know everything and sometimes one has to become an expert one's self on the relevant subject.
Someone who is experienced in the area may be familiar with the relevant collections of historical maps of specific towns (e.g. a cartographic history of town/region X).
Whilst I can appreciate that it may be more fun to make your own discoveries than to rely on those of others I am keen to take shortcuts whenever possible.
So far I have found expert knowledge very helpful, especially in this area.
I have seen maps in hard to see old black and white images in old journal articles, but I would appreciate seeing them as high resolution colour scans. I have a few strands I need to follow to find people who may have seen the original Northern Italian regional maps that I am interested in, but I know exist.
An expert may have dealt with the question of reproduction rights for an image already and so could get one a copy of an image for personal use.