27-09-2026, 03:12 PM
(02-09-2026, 01:37 PM)Chagcharan wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
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For our Zodiac efforts, it might be worthwhile if anyone is able to expand the geographical scope a little bit to digitization deserts that may have had many relevant manuscripts. Czechia, Poland... Maybe Spain, though I'm not sure. Maybe more parts of Italy? Currently there is a huge dominance of German and French manuscripts, but for all we know the MS was made in Italy or even Prague. Currently the best Virgo is from a 1400-1410 MS from Prague, so this may be fertile ground if similar MSS can be found.
I'd love to. I'm based in Prague and have been scanning through local manuscripts quite a bit lately, looking at zodiacs and other drawings. Quite a few of them do have a voynich-like quality to them. I'm not great at reading latin, though I can read old czech, of which there is also quite an extensive corpus of texts. My german is semi-decent.
That said, I'm not very well versed in the current state of research here in this thread/forum, so if anyone could direct me to how I could be best of help, that would be great.
I've got bookmarks of all the interesting stuff I've found, mostly from digitised manuscripts on manuscriptorium.com - a portal developed by the Czech National Library and the primary place for digitized manuscripts from around here. The majority of unique medieval manuscripts have already been digitised, though some remain.
For context, I'm a PhD student of history and anthropology, specializing mostly in 18-19. century artisans. This is a side hobby
I am so delighted that you have joined this forum. I would love to hear your thoughts on Jacobus Horcicky de Tepenecz ( 1575 – 1622 ) but this is not the correct thread for that conversation. If you have already posted about him, please direct me to those posts. Thank you.