13-03-2026, 10:54 AM
At the same time as the Voynich MS analyses, Joe Barabe analysed the so-called "Archaic Mark", where the conclusion was perfectly clear: it contained materials that were only invented long after the supposed date of the MS, so this points strongly to a fake.
No such message comes out of the Voynich MS report. It would have come, if there was any reason to.
(I now regret not having contacted anyone in order to ask him about the Archaic Mark.)
Also, people should remember that he is not a theorist, but a scientist/scholar. He will always be careful with his statement. Especially when talking with specialists in the humanities, one will always find hesitation to make specific claims. Material science is more an exact science, but here it is being applied to the humanities.
I personally find the 'some kind of artificial green of which we don't have an exact example' (I forget the precise wording) rather fitting with the amateurish character of the entire MS. But that is just my guesswork.
No such message comes out of the Voynich MS report. It would have come, if there was any reason to.
(I now regret not having contacted anyone in order to ask him about the Archaic Mark.)
Also, people should remember that he is not a theorist, but a scientist/scholar. He will always be careful with his statement. Especially when talking with specialists in the humanities, one will always find hesitation to make specific claims. Material science is more an exact science, but here it is being applied to the humanities.
I personally find the 'some kind of artificial green of which we don't have an exact example' (I forget the precise wording) rather fitting with the amateurish character of the entire MS. But that is just my guesswork.