1) The marginalia are associated with imagery that is identical to the rest of the VM and closely matches imagery on the same bifolio. The flower on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the person on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the nymph and goat on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . It is thus highly probably that the author of the marginalia is also the VM artist.
2) Whether the text was written by the same person who drew the images is less clear, let alone if Voynichese is a 'complex cypher script'. I personally doubt that Voynichese is the work of a genius but the discrepancy to the marginalia and imagery bothers me too. So far, I have no answers for that.
I am currently reading the biography of Barbara of Cilli by Daniela Dvořáková. Quite an interesting life.
2) Whether the text was written by the same person who drew the images is less clear, let alone if Voynichese is a 'complex cypher script'. I personally doubt that Voynichese is the work of a genius but the discrepancy to the marginalia and imagery bothers me too. So far, I have no answers for that.
I am currently reading the biography of Barbara of Cilli by Daniela Dvořáková. Quite an interesting life.