09-09-2020, 01:17 PM
I have spoken with quite a number of inactive Voynich MS researchers, i.e. after they stopped being actively interested in the MS and writing about it.
From this, I can say that most of them simply found better things to do. They will not return.
The names mentioned in this thread could easily be extended.
For example:
Rafal Prinke
Philip Neal (was he mentioned already?)
Michael Roe
John Grove
Elmar Vogt
Gabriel Landini
Johannes Albus (=pseudonym)
I have met five of the above seven.
All of them have contributed positively in the last decades, and I apologise to others whom I left out.
On the other topic, wishing that historical persons who have long died could be interviewed, is a bit of a hypothetical thing, but it should not come as a great surprise that also this question has been asked before, in fact decades ago.
At the time, the clear winner was Jakobus de Tepenec. He was considered the person most likely to know more about the earlier history of the MS. Right now, I would favour Rafael Mnisovsky instead.
From this, I can say that most of them simply found better things to do. They will not return.
The names mentioned in this thread could easily be extended.
For example:
Rafal Prinke
Philip Neal (was he mentioned already?)
Michael Roe
John Grove
Elmar Vogt
Gabriel Landini
Johannes Albus (=pseudonym)
I have met five of the above seven.
All of them have contributed positively in the last decades, and I apologise to others whom I left out.
On the other topic, wishing that historical persons who have long died could be interviewed, is a bit of a hypothetical thing, but it should not come as a great surprise that also this question has been asked before, in fact decades ago.
At the time, the clear winner was Jakobus de Tepenec. He was considered the person most likely to know more about the earlier history of the MS. Right now, I would favour Rafael Mnisovsky instead.