21-10-2019, 06:02 AM
(20-10-2019, 08:21 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.... he speaks from a position of authority that is beyond us poor web-commentators. We should assume that anything he says, he says aware of his position of authority. Otherwise, how are we to take anything he says as being serious?
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A man of such expertise would not make such a comment (forgery) without having examined the whole situation. He would be aware of the implications of such a declaration. If he has decided to bring the forgery argument into his presentation, it is either to dismiss it out of hand (which he didn't) or to leave the question open (which he did).
Certainly he hasn't declared himself "in or out" of the forgery argument, either way. But he has left the door open for future argument.
I agree with all that. I am just saying how I prefer to combine his viewpoints with those of other experts in other fields.
From what I know I can conclude with confidence that he either hasn't studied that particular area in detail, or decided to ignore most of that.
It's worth reading the printed commentaries in the Italian press again. (They were translated to English earlier on in this thread). His views about Voynich as the forger are hardly included in it, so I think that that says something about how that has been received.