Speaking of Voynich's efforts to promote the Roger Bacon hypothesis, little did he know. There actually is a subtle, historical connection to be found in the VMs illustrations. Roger Bacon apparently was connected to Ottobuono Fieschi when the latter was papal legate to England during the barons' revolt.
Ottobuono Fieschi is represented as a nymph in the VMs Zodiac. He can be recognized by a particular combination of armorial and ecclesiastical heraldry - a bendy with blue stripes and a red galero.
The artist knew the history; it's hardly exclusive knowledge. Sinibaldo Fiieschi as pope Innocent IV made his nephew, Ottobuono, a cardinal in 1251. He started the tradition of the cardinal's red galero. He also gave the approval for the formation of the original Poor Clares. That is relevant to the VMs era because of the life of Colette of Corbie and her reformation efforts.
The artist knew that the history was common knowledge and attempted to disguise it by the creation of a radial orientation. And that is certainly sufficient when the capacity for recognition is absent. Even though the structural factors supporting the historical identification are multiple, Voynich didn't see it.
Ottobuono Fieschi is represented as a nymph in the VMs Zodiac. He can be recognized by a particular combination of armorial and ecclesiastical heraldry - a bendy with blue stripes and a red galero.
The artist knew the history; it's hardly exclusive knowledge. Sinibaldo Fiieschi as pope Innocent IV made his nephew, Ottobuono, a cardinal in 1251. He started the tradition of the cardinal's red galero. He also gave the approval for the formation of the original Poor Clares. That is relevant to the VMs era because of the life of Colette of Corbie and her reformation efforts.
The artist knew that the history was common knowledge and attempted to disguise it by the creation of a radial orientation. And that is certainly sufficient when the capacity for recognition is absent. Even though the structural factors supporting the historical identification are multiple, Voynich didn't see it.