Getting close to a source for f85r2

[Mark Knowles]

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.

There is a way to account for influences on the Voynich manuscript North of the Alps and South of the Alps. It just requires the author(s) to have moved from one place to the other at a certain time. If the author made such a journey it would not be altogether surprising if they produced a map of such a journey. One can choose to ignore the reality of this, but the reality will still remain.