Rene, Thank you very much for the reference. I am amazed at how much you and others in this discussion group have already uncovered. It will take some time to assimilate all the details. Thank you again. Regards, Dana Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Zandbergen Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 6:31 AM To: voynich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: VMs: Re: Rt. Reverend Eugene Xavier Henri Hyvernat --- DANA SCOTT <dscott520@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The Rt. Rev. Eugene Xavier Henri Hyvernat > (1858-1941), prominent scholar of Coptic languages > and "first faculty member" at the Catholic > University of America, was acquainted with the > Voyniches and received a copy of the Voynich > manuscript following Wilfred's death in 1930.
There is a bit more to say about him, see also my history page: http://www.voynich.nu/history.html
He was in the Gregorian University in Rome at about the time that the Jesuit order was being suppressed, and the books which later surfaced in the Mondragone were probably being sneaked out in time.
Coincidence? Probably....
Cheers, Rene
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