28-10-2016, 08:21 AM
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Dr. Jennifer Rampling of Princeton has written a nice scholarly essay in the new Yale book (and there are no issues with her citations, by the way).
Her credentials were already provided in a link by Marco: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .
She compares the illustrations in the Voynich MS with some European traditions, in particular the alchemical one. She nicely explains the complications in doing that.
I pointed out that she included an interesting illustration showing details in a German MS, and I complimented Ellie for already finding this already before. She responded in all modesty.
If such parallels are pointed out by a recognised scholar in a formal publication, they carry more weight than if they are shown in someone's blog. At the same time, they can be seen by the blogger as a nice confirmation that one seems to have found something relevant.
I considered the denigrating comment to Ellie inappropriate since it was attacking the scholarly publication just as much as her.
For me, the picture shows an interesting observation, that in itself doesn't prove anything (no 'smoking guns' in the book), but should be added to the list of evidence, and may help people trying to explain it all.
Dr. Jennifer Rampling of Princeton has written a nice scholarly essay in the new Yale book (and there are no issues with her citations, by the way).
Her credentials were already provided in a link by Marco: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .
She compares the illustrations in the Voynich MS with some European traditions, in particular the alchemical one. She nicely explains the complications in doing that.
I pointed out that she included an interesting illustration showing details in a German MS, and I complimented Ellie for already finding this already before. She responded in all modesty.
If such parallels are pointed out by a recognised scholar in a formal publication, they carry more weight than if they are shown in someone's blog. At the same time, they can be seen by the blogger as a nice confirmation that one seems to have found something relevant.
I considered the denigrating comment to Ellie inappropriate since it was attacking the scholarly publication just as much as her.
For me, the picture shows an interesting observation, that in itself doesn't prove anything (no 'smoking guns' in the book), but should be added to the list of evidence, and may help people trying to explain it all.
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