The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

[Jorge_Stolfi]

We don't know the levels of titanium found in the Voynich

The annexes to the McCrone report give the estimated composition of the material in each sample that was hit by the probing electron beam. I don't now the size of the area that was sub-sampled that way, but presumably is was very small, much smaller than the sample itself.  For sample 17, specifically, they probed 4 spots on the sample. Only two of the probes showed titanium -- at a few percent in weight, together with iron and other metals.  I posted more details You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

We don't know the crystal form of the Titanium Compound in the Voynich. I had hoped the "photomicrographs" would be of a sufficient magnification to determine the form, as the crystals of the Vinland Map were

I believe that the X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument, which identifies crystalline structures, has a much lower resolution than the X-ray fluorescence instrument (EDS) which is a side effect of the scanning electron microscope.  The report does not include the XRD spectrum for sample 17, presumably because it got no clear signal.  Presumably because any crystals in the sample would be too small and/or too few and/or mixed with many other crystals.  That is, the grains in sample 17 that contained titanium were neither imaged nor identified.