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[Anton]

However, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of the VMs's author(s) and audience running in some of the same circles as Trithemius' teachers.

I once was fond of this idea, especially I was interested in the mythical Pelagius of Majorca who was associated with Fernando of Cordova; it all ended in my bying a book about Fernando of Cordova, - and, in short, this real man could not have been that Pelagius. I also bought the Brann's book about Trithemius (the later of the two, and more easily available), - which still lies unread.

There remains the unidentified Libanus Gallus nonetheless, to entertain our imagination :-)