Release of the Radiocarbon Report & Link

[ReneZ]

As an independent dating of the ms, I found You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. very informative. Differently from the opinions of academics, which often are (or were transmitted as) just dates with no detailed argument, his research is based on simple principles and can be easily verified.

This confirmation is indeed very important, because it is based on completely independent information.

With respect to the academic vs. amateur assessment, for me this is an excellent example where they are complementary.

There is a statement from a very respectable academic, that some of the costumes in the zodiac section of the MS can be dated to the 1420's, and would not have been largely known in the following decades. This statement is based on his specific area of expertise and experience, and should be sufficient.

On the other hand, Koen independently looked at this by browsing on-line documents and showing the examples. This is not an academic result, but shows in a very visual way for everyone to see what the academic was saying.
That is very helpful for the skeptics.