07-05-2025, 05:44 AM
(06-05-2025, 03:55 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi Cael! Love your enthusiasm
Tell me, what wonderous study is it that allows you to make part of the Voynich Manuscript as an undergraduate project? That's pretty awesome.
Some questions:
- I don't know all that much about making pigments. How did you decide which ingredients and recipes to use?
- Is it just a trick of the eye, or is the ratio of the pages different? Maybe a practical consideration?
- How was the experience of doing this? Which aspects were harder than you anticipated?
1. Pigments were actually based on the 2009 chemical analysis of the manuscript, since that identifying the pigments were a whole aspect of it! Since the analysis also identified gum arabic as the binder, then we followed recipes and instructions we were able to locate! This You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on making medieval paints was INCREDIBLY helpful with getting the ratios!
2. Yes, devastingly the ratios are different. Finding any actual good in ratio images was a nightmare so we ended up having the guesstimate. ? Any future work with this (ie, other quires), we're wanting to get as close as measurements as possible! (Hopefully with the help of seeing the real thing!)
3. Having to rely only on photos was a NIGHTMARE, since a lot of photos don't capture things like colors, shine, or shades properly. There's a lot of difficulty making out tiny critical details, hence the want to pretty please the Beniecke into allowing us to see the real thing! One smaller surprise thing was getting parchment to fold and fold WELL was way more difficult then you'd think