21-11-2025, 11:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-11-2025, 11:09 AM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
(21-11-2025, 10:14 AM)Doireannjane wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Iron Gall ink is water resistant and favored in the Mediterranean for this reason. Not waterproof. Water resistant.
Well, the ink of the VMS is not "water resistant" either.
Not that it makes much difference to the origin theory. Writing on vellum with a non-waterproof ink would make no sense anywhere.
Quote:In Ireland they were using copper nib pens in the 1400s. See article below again. This could absolutely be detectable. It even says the word traces on the chemical testing.
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That looks like the same ink drafting instrument that must have been used to draw the circles of the VMS, only for use with a straightedge instead of compass. An illustration from the epoch was posted somewhere in this forum not long ago. Namely, two metal blades (not points) with the tips pressed together, with a gap above that to hold some ink. That same article quotes expert Tim O'Neil as saying "It would have worked well for ruling straight lines to form, for instance, a frame for a page."
Thus it would not have been used to write the text, or the freehand figure outlines.
All the best, --stolfi