Discussion of Voynich MS-related theories

[Mark Knowles]

I was basing that number of on some of the attempts I have seen over the years that have been discussed or presented online. It's just a general ballpark. Many have attempted it and only found a few. What I was trying to get across is that it's a challenging project.

So why is that figure based on other people's attempts and not your own? Surely your own attempt would be a better basis for working from as you seem to regard it as more complete than others.

I doubt any have put close to the time and effort into it that I have. It is insufferably boring if one has real attention to detail. I have not just matched, but also in addition to the 40%-45% I have listed possible though less clear matches even where there may be multiple, in short I have examined every single small plant and compared it with every single large plant to find the best match(es), sheer torture. Organising everything in a spreadsheet is tedious. I only have gone through this rigmarole as I really want the resultant data.

So you don't need to tell me it is a challenging project, but when it comes to Voynich research I hardly shy away from challenging projects.