20-01-2021, 06:31 AM
Every study, analysis or test (of anything, not just the Voynich MS) should have an objective. It should have a possible outcome that would tell us something.
As an example, if one were to analyse the parchment of the MS for chlorine contents, then at the end one has a number or a set of numbers. However, these numbers would not actually say anything about the possible provenance or history of the MS. This would therefore be a superfluous test (at least until someone figures out what the numbers would actually tell us).
So what is the objective of this thread? There should be some hint how the historical background of the years 1405-1438 could connect with the Voynich MS.
Most of the listed events are political, and it remains unclear how political events would connect to a work of natural philosophy.
There are some events related to renaissance art, but we already have the statement of an authority (Panofsky) that the Voynich MS completely escapes the influences of the renaissance.
As an example, if one were to analyse the parchment of the MS for chlorine contents, then at the end one has a number or a set of numbers. However, these numbers would not actually say anything about the possible provenance or history of the MS. This would therefore be a superfluous test (at least until someone figures out what the numbers would actually tell us).
So what is the objective of this thread? There should be some hint how the historical background of the years 1405-1438 could connect with the Voynich MS.
Most of the listed events are political, and it remains unclear how political events would connect to a work of natural philosophy.
There are some events related to renaissance art, but we already have the statement of an authority (Panofsky) that the Voynich MS completely escapes the influences of the renaissance.