Is the VMS a pamphlet of the bastards ? (theory)

[bi3mw]

Besides the shortcomings mentioned by @davidjackson, there are other things I noticed.


About the readability of the text:

It was a huge effort to buy the parchment and prepare it, to procure ink and colors, to write the text in the small, beautiful - though largely illegible to us today - script, to draw the pictures and color them.

It is a secret script, which must be deciphered. This is partially successful, but without being able to read a coherent content.

According to general knowledge, I would say that the text of the VMS has not been deciphered to date. With which reason the authors claim that the VMS is partially readable remains open.


About the authors:

It is a book written by bastards for bastards, that is, illegitimate offspring begotten by nobles.

The authors were probably a group from the growing class of bastards.

How should I imagine this group ? As far as I know, there were no "interest groups" of bastards. Did the authors meet by chance ? ( "Hey we are bastards, let's do something." )


About bathing scenes:

We know bathing scenes from the late Middle Ages and early modern times. Baths are always depicted with people talking, eating and drinking.

I know a lot of medieval bath scenes in which neither eating nor drinking takes place. This is a strange statement for art historians.