VMs: Re: Further to: Marci letter (different hands?)

["Philip Neal" <philipneal_vms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I'm no graphologist, but if I compare this handwriting with *the* Marci
> > letter, then I see two different sets of handwriting. I showed it to my 
> > wife
> > and she also said "That's not the same person." Well, look for yourself:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/pkazil2001/voy_marci01.jpg
> > http://www.geocities.com/pkazil2001/voy_marci02.jpg
>
> I was about to write a post making exactly this point. The
> handwriting of the letter of 1666 in the Beinecke library is not
> Marci's. However, the signature is his and it appears under the
> words 'ad obsequia', 'in obedience to'. I think that an aging
> Marci dictated the letter to a secretary.

Furthermore, in the Carteggio Kircheriana there is a letter written
in the same handwriting as the Beinecke letter of 1666 which was
also signed by Marci, on 10 September 1665 (vol VIII, MS 562, p. 114):

http://193.206.220.68/kircher/aspimage.asp?ID=4077

I think this is clear evidence that both Marci letters concerning
the Voynich MS are genuine and that the manuscript was once in
Kircher's possession.

Philip Neal

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