Thread for all discussion about "genuine/meaningless/fake" etc

[Aga Tentakulus]

@proto57

You are right, wormholes can be faked. But not all of them. The insect frass is easy to fake. Many small holes.
But these are exactly what we don't have in the VM. A really fat maggot did that. Since it only ate the surface and wandered over the parchment, it left its traces.
You can't fake these marks that look like little dimples. They are characteristic of this culprit. Woodworm.

You only have to look closely and you can read the sequence.
Parchment, VM writing, discolouration by tannic acid, worm track.
Worm eats VM writing and tanning discolouration.
Worm track, Tepence signature, Tepenec signature blurred, worm track.
Wooden cover removed, worm gone. The fact that a new binding with new threads has now appeared is no more than normal.

You also write: They do not extend to the MS because these insects did not feed on parchment.
Tell that to the worms, we also find them in Styrofoam. It's in their nature to seek out softer zones. Always between hard wood and bark.

Now I can set a certain date. The C-14 test confirms, and corrects it to an earlier date. Which other evidence also confirms.

Letters after 1910 are nice for history, but have no real value on age or origin.
Marci letter, maybe, maybe not.

There are a lot of clues. You have to see them and research them properly.
People think, but unfortunately never to the end.

Therefore, your assessment of "no fake" has no meaning for me.