Morten St George Theory

[Monica Yokubinas]

“The use of pangolins in Chinese medicine dates back thousands of years. A 16th-century document recommends eating their scales to reduce swelling, invigorate blood circulation and promote lactation. A 1938 article in Nature suggests they were used to treat malaria, deafness, “hysterical crying” in children and women possessed..."

Marco Polo lived in China for 17 years. Does he mention pangolins in his chronicles? If so, please tell JP about it as it could strengthen his Made-in-Europe arguments.

In her An Elegant Enigma book about the VMS, d'Imperio twice cited the remarks of an eminent historian: "It is strange that the draftsman should have so completely escaped all medieval or Renaissance influence."

That remark, reiterated by other scholars years ago, should have raised alarm bells.

For my part, I found it hard to believe that the VMS authors could have seen illuminated manuscripts and not have been moved toward raising their manuscript to that higher level of elegance and beauty.

Maybe the answer is that the VMS authors never did see an illuminated manuscript? Maybe the swamp drawings are crude because they were made out in the wilds and not inside the hallways of a monastery? And, later, maybe their contact with European culture was largely restricted to blindly copying stuff they didn't understand?

But nobody is doubting that VMS encryption was a European creation, so that has to be the pathway to resolving the mysteries of the VMS. We need a more complete decoding: "Kaz-chaz-chsz" in and of itself may not be sufficient!

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  "Cabinets of curiosity in Europe almost all had pangolin skins in them in the 17th century, and pangolins had been traded around Asia and Africa for thousands of years. But the creatures these skins came from remained enigmatic. The first accounts of pangolins written by Europeans give a clue as to why….The first identifiable account of a pangolin in the field was in the [i]Itinerario[/i] (1597) of explorer, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten." 
good article.
Pangolins are also in India and probably had a larger range 600 years ago... You didn't need a Marco Polo and China trade to find out about them, as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. had similar medical usage for the scales. 


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