Rich SantaColoma and his Forgery Theory

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Walk careful in the night and dream what you may, Mr. Voynich is your worst nighmare.


I just read about the possibility that the Voynich Manuscript maybe a forgery attempt by Wilfrid Voynich himself using old Calf Skin Vellum.  Rich's argument seems strong to me in that the imagery like the galaxy, microscope and Armadillo all come from a later time period.  We are all struggling here to find meaning in the text of the Voynich Manuscript and if it is a forgery along with the text representing a giant null.  Then how do you feel about your time on this project?

In my opinion the best starting point for a cipher to find meaning in the text is the picture of garlic in folio 99r yet if you go down that path; the languages of Europe make no sense!  Perhaps not the best place to start, but it sure does look like garlic.


I'm sure Mr. Voynich would be familiar with this place as he studied there.

Thanks, stellar, for the link. I think this view is the most consistent and informed view by a self-proclaimed non-expert. Fresh and it makes the most sense.

It also answers my questions that I had in the beginning; the C14 analysis of the vellum doesn't say anything about the date of creation of the MS without assessment of the ink and/or paint. It only means it should have been made AFTER 1410-40, but that is not the problem.

It answers so many other points, a phrase by Coloma that struck me was (2nd blog post):

Well maybe as far as to feel it loosely falls into the category I’ve often noted: Something looks a lot like something we know, but is just different enough to keep us guessing as to what it really is.

Exactly! And that's the explanation why there is no progress after 100 years about almost anything.

There are other factors that to me point to the forgery theory, but SantaColoma has done a great job in proposing this idea and it makes sense.

I foresee everyone here burning him down, but that has a psychological basis; you wouldn't want to admit it's a forgery after all the time you invested in the idea it is real.

I have had this fight within myself with other things that appeared to be faked, forged and hoaxed and so am used to it. There is much more faked than real in many areas, and René should know what I am talking about...