Why is the MS not a copy of older, non European sources?

[MarcoP]

Marco, I didn't know the parallel with the Pharos was proposed before. Do you have links to all these hobbyists? 

For the works of others, what about google?
"voynich" "alexandria" ("lighthouse" OR "pharos")

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I used the picture of the reconstruction because it provided a clean, schematic view. I did, of course, confirm that the general structure of the proposed reconstruction was consistent with:

- That on relevant contemporary sources like these 2nd c. CE Alexandrian coins:



Especially the coin on the right clearly shows the same three-tier structure as the Voynich Pharos. 

You should really explain transmission: was this coin known in the XV Century?

By the way the Lighthouse here has a square section base, "triton" sculptures on the angles and a human statue on the top. The German and Venice images I posted are closer to that on the Voynich manuscript: stacks of cylinders with no statues. Do you think it impossible that the image of the lighthouse was transmitted to the author of the Voynich manuscript through the same channels that transmitted it to Walsperger and to the Venetian artist?

Of course I also saw the Arab source you quote. That is also relevant, in that it shows how the Pharos was depicted by those less familiar with it. In other words, if I want to argue the VM Pharos was first drawn by someone in Greco-Roman Alexandria, I have modern experts as well as first hand contemporary sources on my side. While you were doing my work for me, you failed to include the most relevant sources: those made by people who saw the Pharos every day. 

Nope. The most relevant sources are those available to someone writing in the XV Century. You must document transmission.