Manly's views about the Voynich MS

[ReneZ]

Dear Lisa,

thanks for that, I wish I could be there to attend. There is likely still significant interesting material in the Grolier club. I have a summary in one of the darker corners of my web site:

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I wonder if you could give them a hint that it would be of great interest to have Voynich's catalogues digitised. I think that they are only one of two places who have a complete set.

Another piece of trivia (perhaps): ELV had a death mask made of Voynich. It is not clear what happened with it, but if it was still in their possession when ELV died, it just possibly may have ended up in the Grolier club, and it may not be recognised for what it is.

I have not had a chance to visit the Grolier club, and it is unlikely to happen in the medium-term future.
One of my great interests (and I am fairly alone in that :-) ) is what happened just before Voynich managed to acquire the collection including the Voynich MS. There is possibly some correspondence between Nill and the Vatican somewhere in there, that might shed some light. I have reproductions of a lot of the material, but not that part.

One of the highlights in the collection, I think, is the four-page letter by Nill describing Voynich's death.