The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

[Battler]

- proto57: Yes, it was Salani's, He posted a photo of the entire page somewhere on this forum back in 2016 or so. I believe 18th to 19th century was the most likely date range for the ink, with the 17th being maybe a possibility. And the wax seal remains showed a seal with a triangle with a G inside, that someone posited may be an indication the page had at some point been owned by a Freemason.

As for the Kircher similarity - I'm positing the other way around - that it would indicate Kircher saw the Voynich Manuscript and based an illustration in one of his books on its rosettes page. I believe it was the big volcano dissection picture in one of his books - the smoke of the volcano resembled that seen in the rosettes, if I recall correctly, which could be either a coincidence or an indication that he had seen the manuscript.

Edit: Found the Kircher illustration: .

This is the volcano in the Voynich Manuscript: . The shape of the smoke is similar.

Edit #2: And googling for Athanasius Kircher book, I also find some circular diagrams that remind me a bit of the Voynich rosettes as well.