Nicolas Raymond * The Voynich Manuscript and Nostradamus Connection

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This person is selling blank restoration paper from the 1700s. I should know, I purchased a number of them. That's over 200 years old. So I would say it's not only possible to procure blank vellum that old, but quite feasible if you really want to, and are willing to pay.

Why would he???

I'm glad you asked, because I made a thread about that on on my voynichresearch thread too: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

As the title implies, I am proposing that the Voynich Manuscript was written as a guide book to Cesar Nostradamus (or de Nostredame), the son of the famed prophet Michel Nostradamus.

By that token, you might want to do a little more reading into Nostradamus' life; in particular the Preface he wrote to his son in his Prophecies. From there, one can tell he expresses concerns about his young age, but still hoping Cesar would follow in his footsteps.

So why you ask? I cannot seem to find an exact date or year for that matter when Cesar Nostradamus was born, but I believe it would have been around 1554. Nostradamus the father died in 1566, so that would have only put Cesar the son at around 12 years old when his father died. And he would have obviously been younger when the Voynich Manuscript was written. So how might a father expect to pass down more advanced knowledge to his son after he would have realistically projected himself to be dead? The answer is simple to me, and a pristine example of what sets humans apart from other species: Write it down.

If you're wondering why Nostradamus would acquire old vellum in particular, I would ask you to look at his name first. His surname given to him at birth was de Nostredame. He stylized it later on as Nostradamus to sound more Latin, and arguably, more sophisticated. He also referenced Antiquity a lot in his writings. To me it makes perfect sense why he would source old vellum to write the Voynich Manuscript. He wanted to make it look classic. Haven't you ever purchased specialty paper like parchment for printing important documents on? I know I do, especially when it comes to printing out Certificates of Authenticity for my own photos & artwork.