Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

The style of the handwriting on 116v is early or mid-15th century. Even though a palaeographer can see this at a glance, I have collected many hundreds of samples to demonstrate this because non-palaeographers simply won't believe it if they don't see evidence.

So, it's possible it was written at the same time as the VMS, but it's also possible it was written a decade or two later. It is HIGHLY unlikely that it was written any time after the mid-16th century and only a small percentage of people still wrote this way in the early 16th century (they were transitioning to humanist styles).

JP, I look at it this way:

a. A great linguistic scholar of the 16th century, in personal possession of many 15th century manuscripts, should be able to imitate the handwriting style of the 15th century if he so wished.

b. Someone from the 15th century should not be able to express knowledge of 16th century publications under any circumstances.

I've posted about such knowledge in this forum so my arguments are available for any and all to challenge.

The marginalia provides us with tons of information useful for decoding the VMS and your conclusion that it was written by someone weak in grammar isn't at all helpful. That applies equally well to those of you who think it's all about "goat's liver" and to those of you who write it off as "doodle".