R. Sale > 12-01-2017, 10:21 PM
-JKP- > 12-01-2017, 10:33 PM
(12-01-2017, 10:21 PM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.JKP,
If I'm reading it correctly, the Janick quote says "alligator gar". A gar is a type of fish.
Koen G > 12-01-2017, 10:45 PM
Emma May Smith > 12-01-2017, 10:50 PM
(12-01-2017, 09:40 PM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In Post #2, Emma May Smith makes the following statement: "4) The manuscript has been scientifically dated to the period between 1400 and 1450."
I am aware that four parchment samples from the VMs have been Carbon-14 dated and give results that indicate that they were produced in the first part of the 15th Century. And it does seem probable that the VMs was created not too long afterwards. Apparently, however, I have missed the evidence that turns this reasonable and probable hypothesis into an absolutely guaranteed, scientific fact. What is that evidence?
Koen G > 12-01-2017, 10:53 PM
Anton > 12-01-2017, 11:01 PM
Emma May Smith > 12-01-2017, 11:21 PM
(12-01-2017, 11:01 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I guess R.Sale does not put the carbon dating under suspision, but he speaks about the MS having been written on old stock vellum. As I recall, there are counter-arguments to that in terms of style, in particular the marginalia style, aren't there?
-JKP- > 12-01-2017, 11:24 PM
(12-01-2017, 11:01 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I guess R.Sale does not put the carbon dating under suspision, but he speaks about the MS having been written on old stock vellum. As I recall, there are counter-arguments to that in terms of style, in particular the marginalia style, aren't there?
Anton > 12-01-2017, 11:35 PM
Quote:Even if you can find examples of unused parchment, that will never negate the fact that most was used shortly after manufacture. The Voynich manuscript was found before carbon dating was thing, so nobody would have thought to 'fake' a date with old parchment. And what is the possibility of a bizarre manuscript such as the Voynich just "happening" to be written on old parchment?