[split] Did the VM go straight from cerebellum to vellum?

[oshfdk]

I would further think that the vellum final copy of novel books would usually be done by a hired  scribe rather than by the author himself -- since it would be a slow and tedious task that required good handwriting, firm hand, sharp eyes.

If the Voynich manuscript is written on scrap vellum/parchment, which has been suggested a few times, it's not clear if the author had any money to hire a scribe. The 5x vellum of a Gutenberg bible may be not a good benchmark for the cost of the Voynich MS vellum, the latter could even be free. Even if the normal practice of producing manuscripts on vellum required hired scribes, I don't think we can conclude that the same was true for the Voynich MS.