28-12-2025, 05:57 PM
Quick note with that blog post: early 2017 I was still pretty new to Voynich research and hadn't done much actual research yet. For the course vs smooth painter I was citing JPK, though it's probably something Nick Pelling must also have worked on.
After that, I spent a lot of time desperately trying to consistently separate the two painters, but failed. Throughout the manuscript, you find a continuum of smoothness in application, all using the same color palette. Given the inconsistency and unpredictability, I concluded that it is not necessary to invent multiple painters for what can be explained by a single inconsistent and overall unskilled painter.
In other words, I liked the multiple painter idea, tried to find evidence for it, but found nothing that worked in its favor.
After that, I spent a lot of time desperately trying to consistently separate the two painters, but failed. Throughout the manuscript, you find a continuum of smoothness in application, all using the same color palette. Given the inconsistency and unpredictability, I concluded that it is not necessary to invent multiple painters for what can be explained by a single inconsistent and overall unskilled painter.
In other words, I liked the multiple painter idea, tried to find evidence for it, but found nothing that worked in its favor.
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