17-03-2023, 09:02 AM
I have been to several libraries and archives of which I suspected that they might hold information related to the later history of the MS. These were, in order of preference (but reversed chronological order):
1. The EUM archive of the Society of Jesus, in Rome
2. The Czech national library
In general, in order to do any kind of serious research, one or two visits of a few hours are totally inadequate. This was all I had, unfortunately. A week is more realistic, and even better is to have a first visit to get an inventory, and then a second after having processed this.
However, I understand that the purpose of this thread is to find material related to the origin of the MS.
This can only be a long shot. Even though I can well imagine that some relevant material is still preserved somewhere, I think that it is far more likely to be found by someone who is not specifically looking for Voynich-related material, but by someone who stubles upon it. That could be even this afternoon.....
Now my long-shot preferences would be:
1. The French national library
2. Any Visconti-related archive (research needed to figure out which one)
This is just in order to find out if there was a regular visitor to the Visconti libary in Pavia, who fits the profile of the Voynich MS author.
However, even though this is my best guess, it is such a long shot that I would not seriously pursue it.
1. The EUM archive of the Society of Jesus, in Rome
2. The Czech national library
In general, in order to do any kind of serious research, one or two visits of a few hours are totally inadequate. This was all I had, unfortunately. A week is more realistic, and even better is to have a first visit to get an inventory, and then a second after having processed this.
However, I understand that the purpose of this thread is to find material related to the origin of the MS.
This can only be a long shot. Even though I can well imagine that some relevant material is still preserved somewhere, I think that it is far more likely to be found by someone who is not specifically looking for Voynich-related material, but by someone who stubles upon it. That could be even this afternoon.....
Now my long-shot preferences would be:
1. The French national library
2. Any Visconti-related archive (research needed to figure out which one)
This is just in order to find out if there was a regular visitor to the Visconti libary in Pavia, who fits the profile of the Voynich MS author.
However, even though this is my best guess, it is such a long shot that I would not seriously pursue it.