Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

pox leber ubren quarix portas > per liber urbem quae portat > por libre urbe que porta > par cité franche qui porte

I forgot to specify that the last five words come from mich v-35, first published in 1588. The respective prophecy was taken as a prediction of (and as providing some combat strategy for) the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English in 1588. It therefore makes a lot of sense that the English decoders of the VMS would choose this particular prophecy for the marginalia.

Like in modern times, the plus signs (+) in the marginalia are a sign of addition. Counting only the characters that resemble numbers, we get:

+c +c +ccc +ix +x +x +vi = 535, ie. prophecy v-35.

Let me remind everyone that the eight glyphs at the start of line 4 (f116v) repeat uniquely on f104r, where the star tails and the transition from full red to red dots allow us to pinpoint the four lines of glyphs that convert into the four lines of prophecy v-35.

I find it tragic that you guys are unable to follow my logic. Hopefully, there's a cryptographer in China or somewhere who knows how to count.

P.S.

JP, please note that the plus sign (+) for addition was invented during the middle of the 16th century and hence this marginalia is unlikely to date to the 15th century as you claim.