VMs: Fw: Re: Personal Guess

["wfritsch" <wolfgang.fritsch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.
I' m just a lurker - but am following these discussions attentively because
they lead me to look into many related and not so related subjects (Amazon
is benefitting).  Having said that, I fully agree with PK#01 views expressed
herebelow.
Wolfgang Fritsch


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From: "PK#01" <pklist01@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: VMs: Re: Personal Guess


> When: between 1500 and 1600
> Where: Europe, probably in the area between Rome, Avignon, Munich and
Prague
> Who: An unknown and unknowable author
>
> What:
> A personal fascination / craziness or
> A fake document meant to impress credulous clients (one of Nick's
> hypothesies)
>
> And:
> Most probably there is no translation since both text and pictures are
> gibberish, but it is quite possible to make a good "profile" of the author
> by:
> - studying the conscious / unconscious pointers that he has left for us
> (just like in criminal profiling)
> - searching for historical parallels for this kind of publication
> - doing more research into related historical areas like crypto, herbals
> etc.
>
> That's why I just keep on reading related books and don't try to attack
the
> VMS directly. I don't have the feeling the solution will come from there.
> I've given up on decryption. But I believe in studying the pages in minute
> detail, looking for possible clues and pointers.
>
> Then there is the slight chance that another page in Voynichese will be
> found in some remote library and we may be able to pinpoint the author
more
> precisely. The horrible thought is that such a page may have been
discovered
> already but not recognized as such.
>
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