24-07-2021, 06:29 PM
It is reasonable to think that if we could read the script we could interpret the illustrations. I believe however that it is the other way around. It is easier to try to understand the imagery to be able to know what the script is.
The Voynich is a genuine 15th century cultural product of great importance, but the cultural institution that owns it does little to investigate its content. It is my opinion that a University as prestigious as Yale could do much more.
For example, the opinion of Erwin Panofsky, one of the greatest experts in iconology, has been known for many years. He said that the naked ladies in the VM were astral spirits. Yale has done nothing to spread the views of this great professional in the History of Art. On the contrary, it is still said that there is a biological or balneological section of the book, as is it were an incontrovertible truth.
The Voynich is a genuine 15th century cultural product of great importance, but the cultural institution that owns it does little to investigate its content. It is my opinion that a University as prestigious as Yale could do much more.
For example, the opinion of Erwin Panofsky, one of the greatest experts in iconology, has been known for many years. He said that the naked ladies in the VM were astral spirits. Yale has done nothing to spread the views of this great professional in the History of Art. On the contrary, it is still said that there is a biological or balneological section of the book, as is it were an incontrovertible truth.