Would a NEW Voynich Manuscript be valuable?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

The main reason why people continued to use parchment when paper was available and a lot less expensive, is because it was considered to be the more durable material.

Indeed vellum with iron-gall ink would have been more resistant to wear and water spills.  That is why it was used for documents like deeds, decrees, contracts, diplomas, state records; and for books that had to last for many decades. Like herbals and medical books meant to be sold or used for a lifetime...

But there are plenty of paper books and documents from that time that have survived in very good condition.  Like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that has been mentioned before on this forum.


Considering the breadth of topics and the apparent independence of the sections, I would guess that the Author was already of middle age or older when he had the VMS made.  But then paper should have been good enough for his own use, to the rest of his life.

And even if the Author decided to use vellum for durability, it would not justify all the decoration and blank space.

It is possible that the Author decided to put the VMS to vellum because he intended to leave it for his heirs, rather than sell it.  But somehow that does not seem right to me either...

All the best, --stolfi