27-07-2020, 11:05 PM
I was browsing around and came across this quote on Claus Schmeh's site You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. :
It's the first time I remember hearing of this practice. Was this done in the early 15th century? What kind of societies would we be talking about? Or is this purely hypothetical since they would have been secret?
I find this idea intriguing but know very little about it.
Quote:[Rene] could also imagine that the manuscript is someone’s masterpiece, to be used to enter one of the secret societies that existed at the time.
It's the first time I remember hearing of this practice. Was this done in the early 15th century? What kind of societies would we be talking about? Or is this purely hypothetical since they would have been secret?
I find this idea intriguing but know very little about it.

