07-10-2016, 10:47 AM
The most important point to clarify is that Voynich did not discover the MS, or the collection of MSs that included the Voynich MS, but he was "somehow" invited to become part of a deal between the Jesuits and the Vatican.
How he managed to get into this position is still a bit of a mystery. That the deal was secret is also clear from independent evidence, so he needed a good cover story.
His "discovery of chests of which the owners did not know what they contained" is part of this cover story. I think that Ellie has a good point in that he may have been helped, or inspired, by Amelia Sarah Levetus in setting it up.
How he managed to get into this position is still a bit of a mystery. That the deal was secret is also clear from independent evidence, so he needed a good cover story.
His "discovery of chests of which the owners did not know what they contained" is part of this cover story. I think that Ellie has a good point in that he may have been helped, or inspired, by Amelia Sarah Levetus in setting it up.