I feel that the focus has shifted. The merlon investigation put so many points on the map, that it's difficult to escape northern Italy. It was said that if the Rosette's castle could be identified, we would know where the VMs was created, or where its author was born.
Instead, what we have learned from the investigation of VMs illustrations is a growing list of information that was known to the VMs artist. The investigation connects the information to a place and time. This investigation, and others before it, continue to shift the focus to areas on the north side of the Alps. This also includes a tendency to push the potential date of VMs creation out of the first quarter of the 15th C. and into the second quarter.
Instead, what we have learned from the investigation of VMs illustrations is a growing list of information that was known to the VMs artist. The investigation connects the information to a place and time. This investigation, and others before it, continue to shift the focus to areas on the north side of the Alps. This also includes a tendency to push the potential date of VMs creation out of the first quarter of the 15th C. and into the second quarter.