16-08-2019, 11:24 AM
Don: you wouldn't get much farther than the discussion of how likely it is to find unused parchment I'm afraid. You say a million to one, but Rich would say almost 100% since Wilfrid had plenty of access to all kinds of stock.
Also, the VM is an unusual document, that's why we're all here. We're not the "Tres Riches Heures" appreciation group. Some things that are extremely unlikely to happen *did* happen with 100% certainty, since these factors produced a document that is unique in many aspects (for example, by far the longest pre-modern ciphertext).
Also, the VM is an unusual document, that's why we're all here. We're not the "Tres Riches Heures" appreciation group. Some things that are extremely unlikely to happen *did* happen with 100% certainty, since these factors produced a document that is unique in many aspects (for example, by far the longest pre-modern ciphertext).