[Conference] Voynich Zoom CFP

[eggyk]

Like Rene says though, when you have pigments available (so more than just black ink), any modern meddling becomes clear upon analysis. Here, there was no such thing. And when something was unclear, the question was "I don't know how exactly this period-appropriate pigment was produced" rather than "this looks modern".

Is this the case? If a modern forger were to mix the inks in the correct way, there would be no way of telling surely. 

"period-appropriate" just seems to be "not explicitly, undeniably modern". If the carbon dating for the VMS had indicated the 16th or 17th century instead of the 15th, we would be still be talking about how these inks are period-appropriate.

It's think it's important that the findings are not interpreted as proof of the 15th century creation. They are evidence that the inks are not blatantly 19th-20th century modern inks, nothing more.