27-04-2016, 04:58 PM
Helmut - I'm not sure, but I would think that Kircher would have seen it as a matter of honor. He was a scholar, and a proud one at that, interested in deciphering old script. If he could read this one, I think he wouldn't have hidden that fact.
I can't know, of course, but he really seemed to have wanted to get his hands on the MS. If he understood it, I think we would have known.
Your number 2, maybe that's precisely what happened? That it got sold as an oddity after it lost ties to its creators and first owners?
I can't know, of course, but he really seemed to have wanted to get his hands on the MS. If he understood it, I think we would have known.
Your number 2, maybe that's precisely what happened? That it got sold as an oddity after it lost ties to its creators and first owners?