VMs: Starry Night & Gregorian Calendar

["Larry Roux" <lroux@xxxxxxx>]

Robert:  FYI:  Starry Night apparently *does* take the Gregorian
Calendar into consideration when choosing dates - but in a general
sense.  Dates before 10/15/1582 are in the old Julian Calendar and
afterwards are Gregorian.  October 5-14 1582 do not exist in Starry
Night.

The problem is that different countries adopted the Gregorian calendar
over time - and differently (some opting to adopt it gradually, vs
overnight).

For instance, here are some adoption years:

England - 1752
Germany - 1776
Sweden - 1844
Japan - 1873
Egypt - 1875
Albania, Bulgaria, China, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and
Turkey - between 1912-1917
etc.

So you need to be careful comparing suspected dates on Voynich to Starry
Night.  After October 5 1582 you need to allow for 10 - 12 days of
leeway in accuracy depending upon the country you suspect the Voynich
was adopted in.

Just a heads up while you are perusing the SN database for links. 


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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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