How do you reconcile with the Carbon-14 dating of the VMs parchment with a most probable date between 1404 and 1438? Events after 1450 may not be relevant to the content of the VMs.
In 1453, the Byzantine Empire came to an end. There was, however, a lot of contact before that. The Genoese had been in the Black Sea for a century. The counts of Flanders became rulers of the Latin era of earlier Constantinople. The history of the early 1400s is quite interesting, because that is where the greater probability of VMs origins should be. <Of course, there are the lesser probabilities (after 1450), but they require better evidence.>
The first picture you posted is from the central rosette. Any ideas or suggestions for something that might be hidden beneath the starry canopy? Any clues at all??
An alternate interpretation of the central rosette image is that the starry canopy is held up by six supports, four in the front and two others (much obscured) in the back. And that's the first clue; it's hexagonal.
In 1453, the Byzantine Empire came to an end. There was, however, a lot of contact before that. The Genoese had been in the Black Sea for a century. The counts of Flanders became rulers of the Latin era of earlier Constantinople. The history of the early 1400s is quite interesting, because that is where the greater probability of VMs origins should be. <Of course, there are the lesser probabilities (after 1450), but they require better evidence.>
The first picture you posted is from the central rosette. Any ideas or suggestions for something that might be hidden beneath the starry canopy? Any clues at all??
An alternate interpretation of the central rosette image is that the starry canopy is held up by six supports, four in the front and two others (much obscured) in the back. And that's the first clue; it's hexagonal.