The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

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It is a gross logical error to conclude that, because of all those facts, the language must be European. A non-sequitur.  And it is from that error, only, that follows the "consensus" that the text must be encrypted with a very sophisticated "code".  An error which could explain why, in 80+ years, the best cryptographers in the world have been unable to crack even a tiny chip of that "code". 

I would believe the Chinese theory in an instant absolutely and without any questions if on the first folio of the manuscript in plain good old Latin the author wrote: "herein you will find my rendering of a few Chinese medicinal books read to me by a Shaolin Monk and written in a script of my invention" or anything similar, in fact any cleartext that would explain the purpose of any aspect of the manuscript. Without plaintext annotations this looks more like a book of secrets than anything else.