08-08-2023, 08:41 AM
Quote:We may assume that these visits are related to Wilfrid's acquisition of the books, but even that is not sure. It is certainly not written in the diary. Wilfrid never visited this place, according to this diary.
What's more, according to the diary of Villa Mondragone, Wilfrid also never visited that place.
Maybe they decided not to record any of activity related to this matter, as to keep it secret. I certainly wouldn't have written anything anywhere.
Quote:We are completely in the dark about exactly how Strickland and Voynich interacted.
There really is no role in the story for Villa Mondragone. The only reason why the author of the paper did not definitely rule out Villa Mondragone is the fact that Ethel Voynich mentioned Frascati.
Seems so. The archives of the gesuites also say so.
"About Mondragone...
The father's (Strickland) name has often been linked to the affair of the famous Voynich manuscript, which we will discuss in this column, since a letter from the collector's wife would indicate him as the person who allowed the secret sale of the precious manuscript.
Investigations, which are still ongoing, into the archive material have not confirmed this hypothesis, so we will return to this interesting manuscript in a new instalment of the column."
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No records of any interaction. Possibly Ethel mentioned Frascati to mislead everyone from the secret.