[Conference] Voynich at Histocrypt, June 23-25, Belgium

[ReneZ]

The paper pointed to by Helmut in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a summary of my talk at this event.
This is of course not a scientific publication, and does not have anything that is really new. It represents what I considered interesting and could relate in 30 minutes, in front of a group of people interested in cryptography and with some familiarity with the MS.

With respect to David's questions:

I would like to know more about the assertion

Quote: The clothes worn by the figures in the zodiac are typical for the 1420’s and would be unknown even a few decades later

I believe I gave the source in Koen's thread about finding similar garments in online manuscripts.

I don't remember hearing about the Friedman anagram before, where did he leave it?

This is discussed in detail in the Zimanski paper:
Zimanski, Curt A.: William F. Friedman and the Voynich Manusript. Philological Quarterly, Vol. XLIX, no.4, October 1970.
which is also reprinted in:
Brumbaugh, Robert S. (ed.): The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript - The Voynich "Roger Bacon" Cipher Manuscript, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978.

It is also mentioned by Bill Sherman in his essay on cryptographic attempts in the Yale photo facsimile.