The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[ReneZ]

I think that "consensus" is one of these words that is often used incorrectly in discussions here.

Usually, there isn't any, and even when there seems to be, it doesn't really matter too much.

This is not the main point here, though. 
One may call it "consensus", or "most common view" or "default view", but the real reason behind this view of the Voynich MS is historic.

Voynich called it a cipher manuscript from day one, because to him it looked like one. Not just to him, of course. It has consistently been called a cipher manuscript throughout modern history, and it is listed in the Beinecke catalogues as a cipher manuscript.

I guess "default" or "most common" fits the situation bettter.

One alternative has been considered from time to time, namely that it should be an otherwise unrecorded and/or lost language, but these were never very popular.

Personally, I no longer think that this is a cipher in any traditional meaning of the word. Maybe that is a minority view - no problem. The 'Chinese theory' (misnomer) is also a minority view. Also no problem.