The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

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But there is a bigger picture here you do not know about, because it is a long "work in progress", and I only hint at it. So you may think I "need" to do this or that, to convince you... really, though, are you interested in being convinced? And do I want to convince you? I can answer for myself, "no". I only discuss these things for the interest of those truly interested in these things I find interesting, and again, to save them the trouble of believing and disbelieving things that simply are not true.

I can only comment on the parts of your theory that you've written about.  If I point out where your theory is unfounded, and you've withheld some supporting facts (and written only speculation) I've only responded with sincerity given the information. I would assume we're all seeking the unbiased truth here.

Anyway, back to the Lost Chart of Magellan... there is a great deal to this story, and much I still have to learn about it. When I do decide to write about this, at length, I hope you, too, will find it interesting. But for now, what I know for now, it relates more to the way Voynich 1) explained things, 2) fished for expert opinions, 3) either related or created provenance, 4) how questionable items have and are accepted by the scholarly community... all I can think of, at the moment.

The speculation on top of speculation makes it hard to accept it to be anything other than a fictional story.  While we're speculating we should definitely implicate Voynichs wife Ethel who continued to try to sell the VM after his death, and their secretary Anne Nill who succeeded in selling it.  Perhaps the encoded text is Polish or Russian since Ethel spoke and translated both of these languages.

You see you can do that, if you want, but you know I don't... so what is the point to those other speculations? Of course, for a false impression that my ideas are foundationless. Rather, you should stick to what I really believe, if you want to argue my actual hypothesis, and not strawmen. 

Ethels claim that Voynich confessed it's true origin to be the Jesuits at Frascati could be used to speculate that she was complicit in the conspiracy to forge and sell the VM.  The claim for the Jesuit origin comes not from Ethel herself but from a letter (presumably written by Ethel) to Anne Nill.  Why would Ethel reveal this only in a letter to Anne? Perhaps Anne Nill forged that letter from Ethel.  After all, she was the one who was successful in selling the VM.  Perhaps there was a love triangle.  The possibilities are endless.

Again, you are creating an implausible set of conditions I in no way believe in, or have ever stated. Why? If my actual hypothesis is weak, you should stick to that, and not grow your own low hanging fruit to pick.

The foundation of the line of reasoning of yours that I quoted is that the “Magellan Map” is a forgery.   If it's not a forgery, then the entire line of reasoning collapses and is therefore foundationless.  But if the Magellan Map is a forgery then perhaps it opens up the 'implausible set of conditions' that your theory may imply.

These are interesting questions your theory raises. How could Wilfrid be a criminal mastermind of forgery and Ethel his wife not know?  If Ethel kept the secret of the Jesuits, why not reveal it soon after Wilfrids death?  On his death, Wilfrids will gave a large portion of his estate to Anne, so large that she declined it because it would financially harm Ethel.  Would Wilfrid do this for Anne if she was only an employee and they were not having an affair?  I'm not presenting these as implausible, but if your suppositions are correct - highly plausible using the same standards of evidence (that you've chosen to share).  

By not revealing what she knew about Wilfrids "Bacon" deception soon after his death makes her a knowing participant as she continued to try to sell the VM under those pretenses.  This is an undeniable stain on her character.  If this implicates Wilfrid in fraud, why not Ethel?

Whether you intend or not, your theory paints a picture of Wilfrid as an agent of a "forgery factory" smuggling letters into archives all over and hoping nobody would notice anything new.  How likely is it that nobody knew the contents of the correspondence well enough that they wouldn't notice when a new letter had been added?