Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Even some of the most prestigious manuscripts were left unfinished. Indeed, even the most prestigious manuscript was unfinished when the brothers and their patron died in the same year.

The medium allows for this though. An unfinished manuscript is not as disrupting as an unfinished painting.

Koen G,

If you want to refute the Made-In-Mexico theory, I suggest you arrange for a protein analysis test on bison. It's my understanding that they checked protein with virtually every European animal there is, even squirrels, but completely ignored the New World. Bison, of course, is the only Mexican animal that could have served as a source for VMS parchment in the 15th century. Perhaps they can reuse the old samples for that purpose making it unnecessary to touch the manuscript afresh.

And while you are in contact with Yale, you can try convincing them to do radiocarbon tests on the binder and on the swamp, pharmaceutical and text sections of the manuscript. It's sad that so many people are trying so hard to learn new things about the VMS when a lot of useful information is readily attainable but not made available.