[split] Taccola spillover thread

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There are indeed Rosettes vibes and there may be some connection.

I believe Taccola was producing hundreds if not thousands of sketches. His manuscripts De machinis and De ingeneis aren't true books with beginning and ending. They are just collections of some chosen sketches. I guess it's safe to assume that many of Taccolla's sketches didn't go into these books but they existed for some time, circulating and inspiring people.

Of course these pictures are military forts and Rosettes aren't a fort but I guess people are today more and more willing to accept that the Voynich artist was freely taking various inspirations and transforming them into something else

When I look at Rosettes, and in particular the wonderful redraw that lady did, it seems clear to me the artist was intending to create perspectives and for example the top left with what looks like an obelisk in a square, really reminds me of this.. I mean it really looks like someone who took this and just couldn't draw...