The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

[Jorge_Stolfi]

- I have this theory
- Prove me wrong
- If you can't, I win

That is not what I mean.  The last line is "If you can't, then my theory remains possible".

The available evidence suggests a clear and straightforward way [for Voynich to have obtained the Marci letter]. No need to repeat it.  For any alternative way, there is no evidence

Apologies for insisting, but isn't that "evidence" just statements by Voynich that the letter was attached to the VMS that we know?   I read your extensive site, but it is a lot to take in.  If the answer is in there, I missed it, sorry.  Could you please point it out again? 

When discussing the possibility that someone cheated, we must demand more than the usual level of evidence -- because we should assume that the cheater tried to forge or twist any evidence that he could.  

Again, I don't think that either Rich's "Voynich Forgery" theory  or my "Book Switch" theory are likely.  I still believe that the Marci letter is genuine and that the book that Marci sent to Kircher is BL MS 408.  And even if it turns out that it was a different book, that will not change my views of my interest in BL MS 408.  For me, this side issue is interesting only because I find stories of frauds and forgeries most entertaining...

All the best, --stolfi