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[Jorge_Stolfi]

It's a shame that renowned experts with extensive academic backgrounds aren't involved in Voynich research.

Many tried.  But they got nothing but frustration.

Again, I believe that the problem is that all Voynichologists who know a little about Medieval paleography and history make the same logical mistake.  They observe that the vellum and ink look European, the text layout is European, the herbal section looks like a typical European herbal, the general shape of the letters is European, the Zodiac signs are European, the marginal notes and month names look European, the nymphs and hats and hairdos and castles are European... and "therefore", they conclude, the Author must be European, the subject matter must be connected to Medieval European culture, and the language must be European.  

And since all attempts to find a simple substitution cipher of any European language failed, all the crypto/linguistic sleuths conclude that it must be some sophisticated cipher.  And got stuck there.  Or resorted to the cop-out "I cannot crack it, so it must be gibberish".  (But then they cannot explain why it looks so much like a natural language...)

And since all attempts to find connections between the imagery and European culture (beyond those few listed above) also failed, all the historians and professional paleographers soon gave up and moved on to other more rewarding topics.

All the best, --jorge