01-07-2016, 07:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-07-2016, 07:56 AM by Diane.
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Rene - we usually say 'bovine' species.
Was the sex of the animal also determined? It is fairly unusual to find a membrane described as vellum had come from a cow; it was more usual to use a younger animal: a calf.
As to use of the plastic eraser to lift samples from vellum - yes, I agree that it is a clever method to lift samples, and has the added advantage of allowing fairly easy separation, with minimal contamination of the sample. I don't quite understand what this has to do with the Voynich manuscript - could you clarify that for us please?
I mean - has someone suggested the Voynich vellum is (a) uterine vellum or (b) similar to the French bibles? Or has someone taken samples from the VMS vellum recently using this method? Perhaps it was used in one of the tests done earlier - either by McCrone or by the University of Arizona? Sorry - just not clear about the connection and would be glad if you could explain a bit more. Thanks.
Was the sex of the animal also determined? It is fairly unusual to find a membrane described as vellum had come from a cow; it was more usual to use a younger animal: a calf.
As to use of the plastic eraser to lift samples from vellum - yes, I agree that it is a clever method to lift samples, and has the added advantage of allowing fairly easy separation, with minimal contamination of the sample. I don't quite understand what this has to do with the Voynich manuscript - could you clarify that for us please?
I mean - has someone suggested the Voynich vellum is (a) uterine vellum or (b) similar to the French bibles? Or has someone taken samples from the VMS vellum recently using this method? Perhaps it was used in one of the tests done earlier - either by McCrone or by the University of Arizona? Sorry - just not clear about the connection and would be glad if you could explain a bit more. Thanks.