04-05-2021, 11:18 PM
Thank you JKP. I knew I could count on you for an accurate analysis of a late medieval Latin manuscript.
Let me get to the point: Let's say a lofty aristocrat (say, someone deluded into believing in the late 1390s that he may have eventually succeeded Richard II as heir to the throne of England [and France?!]) were later appointed Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of the [actual, not imagined] king of England--who actually succeeded Richard II--in the first decade of the 15th century. In a couple of years, if he were trained by scribes who may have written, or known those who had the capability to have written, the beautiful MS that is the subject of this thread, could he have possibly been the primary author and designer of the script of the Voynich MS?
Asking for a friend...
Geoffrey
Let me get to the point: Let's say a lofty aristocrat (say, someone deluded into believing in the late 1390s that he may have eventually succeeded Richard II as heir to the throne of England [and France?!]) were later appointed Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of the [actual, not imagined] king of England--who actually succeeded Richard II--in the first decade of the 15th century. In a couple of years, if he were trained by scribes who may have written, or known those who had the capability to have written, the beautiful MS that is the subject of this thread, could he have possibly been the primary author and designer of the script of the Voynich MS?
Asking for a friend...
Geoffrey