26-08-2016, 02:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-08-2016, 03:29 PM by don of tallahassee.)
Hi Davidsch,
The manuscript expert I was referring to is actually just that, an expert of handwriting (paleography) found in medieval manuscripts. I picked her because she seemed to have the background in education, experience and focus of studies that suited my needs. It turns out that she already had a knowledge of the VMS and an interest in it which made believing her statement about the handwriting in the VMS to be true much easier.
I have no expertise in the field.
I can utilize her skills, educaton and training in the field and rely on her judgment or I can learn the basics of the science, apply the techniques for myself on every piece of period writing in all the libraries and make my own determinations.
I have neither the time nor inclination to learn paleography, so I do rely on the skills, education and training of another.
I do not have the time nor money to visit many libraries hoping to find a sample or samples I think match(es) the handwriting in the text, so I depend on others to look at those libraries' offerings and make that determination.
I understand that you don't appreciate experts and want to do everything yourself.
Considering all the fields covered by Voynich research, it sounds to me like any interesting material found by you will be hard to come by and fraught with extra labor. And will require up to about a dozen advanced degrees worth of self-education in various disciplines to get results that will be accepted by others.
I think I am much lazier than you.
Good luck with your work.
Thank you.
Don of Tallahassee
PS. I hope you are not transferring your own demonstrated reluctance to freely share information (without recompense) on to others, believing they share your reluctance to share information without further evidence of such secretiveness. Or did you tell the story about your own secretive behavior and prior knowledge of the fix for the problem, which changed only when money entered into the picture, for some other reason?
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The manuscript expert I was referring to is actually just that, an expert of handwriting (paleography) found in medieval manuscripts. I picked her because she seemed to have the background in education, experience and focus of studies that suited my needs. It turns out that she already had a knowledge of the VMS and an interest in it which made believing her statement about the handwriting in the VMS to be true much easier.
I have no expertise in the field.
I can utilize her skills, educaton and training in the field and rely on her judgment or I can learn the basics of the science, apply the techniques for myself on every piece of period writing in all the libraries and make my own determinations.
I have neither the time nor inclination to learn paleography, so I do rely on the skills, education and training of another.
I do not have the time nor money to visit many libraries hoping to find a sample or samples I think match(es) the handwriting in the text, so I depend on others to look at those libraries' offerings and make that determination.
I understand that you don't appreciate experts and want to do everything yourself.
Considering all the fields covered by Voynich research, it sounds to me like any interesting material found by you will be hard to come by and fraught with extra labor. And will require up to about a dozen advanced degrees worth of self-education in various disciplines to get results that will be accepted by others.
I think I am much lazier than you.
Good luck with your work.
Thank you.
Don of Tallahassee
PS. I hope you are not transferring your own demonstrated reluctance to freely share information (without recompense) on to others, believing they share your reluctance to share information without further evidence of such secretiveness. Or did you tell the story about your own secretive behavior and prior knowledge of the fix for the problem, which changed only when money entered into the picture, for some other reason?
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