Assumptions baked into the VMS carbon dating

[Koen G]

Since I am not an expert on radiocarbon dating, nor have any experience with the topic, just some general remarks.

• Even if all pages of the MS were carbon dated to 1425, this would change nobody's mind. The focus would simply shift to writing over a long period of time, old vellum etc. 
  
• The fashion of the zodiac figures knows its peak well before 1430. Later examples exist, but those are in the tail end. Even if the VM is in that tail end, it's still within the RC frame.
  
• Both Marco and I, after analysing hundreds of handwriting samples to the point of complete burn-out, felt like the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. handwriting is purely medieval. It's much easier to find good matches earlier in the century (and even before 1400). Nothing of this is conclusive evidence and we can all think of a dozen would haves and could haves, but for me the picture is clear that the process took place in the first half of the 15th century. 
  
• For cooperative projects, we already work with a cutoff point at 1450, which I find generously late. Making this any later would prohibit the accumulation of knowledge.