Koen G > 20-04-2026, 08:09 PM
Bernd > 20-04-2026, 08:59 PM
Fabrizio Salani > 21-04-2026, 08:10 AM
Jorge_Stolfi > 22-04-2026, 09:44 AM
(19-04-2026, 11:52 PM)LisaFaginDavis Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Also, the McCrone report identifies the ink as Oak Gall, so nothing unusual there. On p. 3 of the report, "All of the inks used for text and drawing were identified as iron gall inks."
Jorge_Stolfi > 22-04-2026, 10:27 AM
(20-04-2026, 05:07 PM)Rafal Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.We tend to believe that parchment/vellum was very expensive. Ask any AI and it will tell you so. And it just repeats what people have written.
For example Gemini told me a moment ago:
A mid-sized devotional book could cost as much as a small house or several years of a laborer's income.
I agree, we miss good articles that would prove the existence of cheap manuscripts. But I feel they existed and Voynich is one of them.
Bernd > 22-04-2026, 01:20 PM
LisaFaginDavis > 22-04-2026, 01:53 PM
Fabrizio Salani > 22-04-2026, 02:38 PM
Koen G > 22-04-2026, 04:53 PM
(22-04-2026, 01:53 PM)LisaFaginDavis Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.All of the parchment is of similar quality. There is no difference in quality from one section to another. And - to respond to an earlier comment - the parchment is so worn that it is nearly impossible to distinguish hair side from flesh side, so we can't ascertain whether it follows Gregory's Rule or not. I'm fairly certain it doesn't, especially since if the manuscript was indeed intended to be a loose pile of un-nested bifolia (i.e. singulions), the distinction between hair and flesh sides from one bifolium to the next would be irrelevant. There is no evidence to suggest the manuscript was produced over a long period of time.
LisaFaginDavis > 22-04-2026, 05:38 PM