Koen G > 27-04-2016, 03:09 PM
davidjackson > 27-04-2016, 03:13 PM
Helmut Winkler > 27-04-2016, 03:46 PM
ReneZ > 27-04-2016, 04:02 PM
Quote:I assume it would have been created in Northern Italy. One of the composers was of German origin. Together with the alchemical herbal that is now MS Florence 106 (15th C, Veneto area) and who knows how many other books, it went to the French physician Jean Ruel, from Soissons, though working in Paris. He added the 'fo' abbreviation on f2v, by accident. It was meant for Fir.106. He also added the month names in the zodiac signs in his own language, using the same ink. He had a habit of reading in the evenings with orange candles, and caused oranges blotches of candle wax on both books.
From him, the Voynich MS 'somehow' ended up with Paracelsus. (Still working on that one).
The nymphs in the biological section inspired him towards his theory of archei. After his death, the MS was found by Paracelsus MS collector Carolus Widemann. When the latter needed money, he sold many of his MSs (mostly paracelsan) to Rudolf for 500 Taler (approx. 600 florins).
VViews > 27-04-2016, 04:06 PM
Koen G > 27-04-2016, 04:16 PM
Helmut Winkler > 27-04-2016, 04:38 PM
Koen G > 27-04-2016, 04:58 PM
davidjackson > 27-04-2016, 06:11 PM
ReneZ > 27-04-2016, 06:41 PM
(27-04-2016, 04:16 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.To me the whole Rudolph thing has unreliable narrator and questionable source written all over it. But anything goes in specilation.