Historically significant events in Europe between 1404 and 1438

[Mark Knowles]

Mark,

All these historical events are equivalent without a second screening criterion.

Let's say, as others have said, that the VMs critter, and the one companion of the VMs mermaid might be 'lampooned' representations of the emblem from the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece. This assumption provides a specific filter for a further investigation.

The pairing validates the requirement of Deuteronomy, much used in the VMs.

EDIT:
Letters that cross in the email.

Even with a limited frame, the number of individual events is highly expandable. I recommend Richard Vaughan's book on Philip the Good, if you like.

I don't think a second screening criterion is required. I think it is fine if these historical events are treated as equivalents. By applying a second criterion you introduce a bias that is necessarily centred around someone's interpretation, which is not known to be correct. I am keen to stand back and look at the time and place of the Voynich in broad terms without the bias of speculative theories of the manuscript.

Imagine that you had been approached by a publisher and offered $10 million to write a book on European history from 1404 to 1438, with no reference to the Voynich manuscript as such. What would you write about in the book? (In case the question becomes how long is the book? Then let's say of a standard length, not multiple volumes or a single page. And, no, I do not need someone to provide the full text of the book, this is merely presented as a point of reference.)

(Yes, of course I recognise that there were effectively an infinite number of events in this timescale and therefore for a complete description one would have to listed all events down to shifting of a grain of sand. However I would ask the reader to exercise common sense in interpreting the purpose of the question raised.)

I think Philip the Good deserves mention amongst other historical leaders.