Discussion of Voynich MS-related theories

[ReneZ]

Of course I still have some theories. I just don't talk about them a lot.

When it comes to the authorship of the MS, I suspect that this is someone who is either barely know, or not known at all, from other historical sources.
Now this is an example of a theory that is not based on any data. It is just something that makes sense in a statistical manner. It is like a hunch. Many theories that are discussed here and elsewhere fall in the same category, i.e. not based on data but on hunches.

When it comes to the way the text was generated, I have a hypothesis that could work, on the basis of some very promising statistics. So this one is based on data, but I am very skeptical that it will turn out to be correct. The proof is entirely missing, and I am also not yet happy that it explains everything I know about the text.

I have a theory who sold the MS to Rudolf. This is based on data, but it is not confirmed.

I have a well advanced theory about what happened with the MS between 1870 and 1912, and where it was in the intervening time. This is based on a very large amount of documented facts, but also stories that could be just rumours. I have adapted it several times, and I had to ditch my (at the time) highly favoured theory in front of conflicting evidence.