Even though I'm sometimes an instigator of associations with locations, I haven't figured out in the least yet where I think the MS was made. Being aware how international everything was, and the immense draw of Italy on intellectuals at the time, puts everything in perspective.
Maybe someone who grew up in a German-language (and art) environment, but was in Italy at the time. That could even be Tuscany, apparently. Florence, Siena... Maybe Bologna, Padua, Venice...
Ik fairy certain that the Zodiac symbols come from a German language source (details are known), but that was clearly not the only type of source. It has long been suspected that they are not entirely from the same background as other things in the MS. The Laufenberg connection may be from the same.
Maybe someone who grew up in a German-language (and art) environment, but was in Italy at the time. That could even be Tuscany, apparently. Florence, Siena... Maybe Bologna, Padua, Venice...
Ik fairy certain that the Zodiac symbols come from a German language source (details are known), but that was clearly not the only type of source. It has long been suspected that they are not entirely from the same background as other things in the MS. The Laufenberg connection may be from the same.