The missing folios 59-64

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Anton,
Sorry, I just noticed your reply:

It's actually not about evidence, but about attempts to locate any historical records about manuscripts in Rudolph's collection which potentially could match the VMS. There are not that many of such records. I remember we discussed another one in Nick's blog - mentioned in a book by Czech historian, - and that one also did not look as a good match for the VMS.

I see.  I thought this was about provenancing the manuscript.

Since Touwiade has recently confirmed that the manuscript appears to have been made in Italy, I'd think it more likely that we'd find any cognate works there, or perhaps in England, if it is accepted that the Arabic page numbers are in John Dee's hand (this from a recognised expert in that area)....

Does Touwiade define what he means by Italy?

There was no Italy in the 15th century as we know it. It was a general term to encompass a collection of city states and even in the late 15th century, after Lombardy and the Roman Empire had significantly receded northward, "Italie" only reached somewhat north of Venice. North of that were Recia, Vindelitia, and Noricum which still had significant Germanic populations at the time (vestiges of Lombardy).