A name to attach to the origins of the manuscript

[LisaFaginDavis]

"Expensive" is a relative term, and the Voynich materials were not at all expensive, relatively speaking. No one can really say how much the parchment would have cost, because 1) we have no idea what the market was like, since we don't know specifically where the manuscript came from, and 2) the parchment could have been produced in-house, as it were, instead of being purchased.

As for the text, all of us who express opinions about the manuscript must do so without the benefit of being able to read it. My opinions are based on the manuscript's physical features, supported by thirty-five years of studying hundreds, if not thousands, of medieval manuscripts as a cataloguer, researcher, and consultant. Others may base their opinions on different forms of expertise, which is of course legitimate as well.