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First it was very exciting to many, myself included, as it was mistakenly thought that the letter WAS referring to the script of the Voynich. It was not realized until much after 2007 that it was a DIFFERENT sample that was being compared to that script. And I still agree that the Voynich script does share many You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (yes, mostly the "gallows" but more), that hasn't changed for me.

Can we assume that the sample pages of the Voynich Manuscript were sent to Kircher along with sample page of Glagolitic writing. I would not be surprised if this was the case. Voynich Manuscript is definitely not written in Glagolitic script, but I did notices some illustrations that look like Glagolitic letter SLOVO, which looks like a triangle topped with a circle.
Perhaps the confusion is not in the script, but in Illyrian language. Claiming that the Glagolitza was invented by St. Jerome, who was Illyrian from the coastal village on the border between present day Slovenia and Croatia, the Croatians obtained papal permission to use the Glagolitic script and the Croatian version of the Old Church Slavonic language.  
The priests who used Glagolitza, were called Glagoljaši.They were also active in some towns in Bosnia, Slavonia, and Carniola. In the 14th - 15th century, the Glagolitic Benedictines from Croatia re-introduced Glagolitic script to Prague, along with the Bogomil ideas. Bogomils, which are considered a fore-runners of the Protestants, also used Glagolitic script and Slavic Illyrian language. This was very confusing for the 16th century linguist: In his multilingual dictionary, Hieronymus Megiser equated Illyrian language to Wendic (German name for Slovenian); a German writer who copied the names of the plants from Rini Codex, claimed that the language was Illyrian.
Getting back to the Kricher reference to Glagolitic-Illyrian writing, it would be very helpful to know in that other example he identified as Glagolitic, was associated with the Voynich Manuscript. Was it just an odd piece of paper tucked in the book? Was it from another book?

Well others can answer many of your questions in more detail, but my impression to many of your questions and observations is that we just don't know. We don't know exactly what characters the reference to Illyrian was describing, nor for that matter... given the phrasing of the Latin in the letter... what the other sheet was (although I think there was someone who speculated on a specific document... anyone remember?). And, I think it is still a bit open to be the manuscript they were all talking about, Voynich or not.

And yes, absolutely, and I think we all agree, "... it would be very helpful to know in that other example he identified as Glagolitic, was associated with the Voynich Manuscript. Was it just an odd piece of paper tucked in the book? Was it from another book?"

Rich