VMs: Re: Fresh information - the castles

[Dana Scott <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Würzburg: towers, spires, castles, churches, cathedrals, and Kircher all
in one. Fruit for the imagination.

Nice match to Voynich spire: (I particularly like the left tower and
spire)
http://www.hotels-bayern.de/_borders/Logo_Wuerzburg.jpg
http://www.davidineurope.com/23-wurzburg.html
http://www.cand-med-dent.de/wuerzburg/images/uni.jpg
http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/cryder/glasgow1999/wurzburg/Wurzburg_s.jpg

Another similar spire in wuerzburg:
http://www.mainfrankenportal.de/kreis-wuerzburg-x/Baldersheim/20.jpg

University of Würzburg: (Kircher taught here)
http://www.zv.uni-wuerzburg.de/auslandsamt/01-00e.htm

Wuerzburg Castle:
http://deutschland-tourismus.de/media/pic_wuerzburg_1.jpg
http://home.nikocity.de/ipa-wuerzburg/festung.jpg

Church/Cathledral?:
http://www.fh-wuerzburg.de/wuerzburg/image/kaeppele.gif

A Kircher drawing of a Castle City:
"Archimedes' burning mirror setting fire to Roman ships at Syracuse in
214 BC"
http://habitat.aq.upm.es/boletin/n9/famvaz/i4amvaz.html

Kircher, Jesuit science:
http://www.luc.edu/libraries/science/jesuits/1660.html

Athanasius Kircher on the Web:
http://www.bahnhof.se/~rendel/kirlinx.html

Regards,
Dana Scott

Rene Zandbergen wrote:

>  Petr Kazil <kazil@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I've added two other quarters of my scan.
> > I specifically included the one with the castles.
> > These came out quite well on the copy.
> >
> > http://www.euronet.nl/users/kazil/voynich.html
> >
> > I also saw them and was very intrigued.
>
> Very clear copies indeed! I get the impression that
> the main castle and the 'Prague-style' tower
> could be connected by a wall. This is of course
> possibly just a decorative element.
> Furthermore, I could almost imagine seeing a hint
> of 'lightning rods' on the castle tower similar
> to those on the 'Prague' tower.
>
> Cheers, Rene
>
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