18-11-2025, 06:44 AM
@ Stolfi
Yes, that's exactly what surprises me. He uses a compass (or a sharp pencil with a thin string), but doesn't have a ruler to perfectly align the letters? Didn't he realize that the glyphs should be opposite each other? Because he just copied it?So was it a poorly paid or unmotivated copyist? Because, as you write, this high degree of inaccuracy can be seen everywhere in Voynich. And this on vellum?
The only thing I can think of is that it was simply poorly copied, probably from a template that was also in poor condition. If I didn't have sufficient evidence that VM really is text, I would be among those who assume it is a medieval hoax.
Yes, that's exactly what surprises me. He uses a compass (or a sharp pencil with a thin string), but doesn't have a ruler to perfectly align the letters? Didn't he realize that the glyphs should be opposite each other? Because he just copied it?So was it a poorly paid or unmotivated copyist? Because, as you write, this high degree of inaccuracy can be seen everywhere in Voynich. And this on vellum?
The only thing I can think of is that it was simply poorly copied, probably from a template that was also in poor condition. If I didn't have sufficient evidence that VM really is text, I would be among those who assume it is a medieval hoax.