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["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

Here is Jan's formal announcement of the discovery of Horczicky's signature. 
It is quite different from the "signature" at the bottom of f1r in the VMS. 
I question whether or not the signature in the VMS was even written in ink. 
Could it have been fabricated using a stylus? Did W.M. Voynich actually 
fabricate the signature? What were the circumstances of the supposed 
"accident" during photo-copying? Has anyone actually verified that "Prague" 
can also be found on f1r? It really is very important to learn more about 
the VMS from professional examination. In my opinion, this really needs to 
be pursued with renewed vigor. I feel that we are missing out on a 
considerable amount of insight without this in vivo analysis.

Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.B.H." <hurychj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "VM Bulletin" <hurychj@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 5:42 AM
Subject: VM Bulletin


> BULLETIN VM - 20nd February 2004
> ================================
>
> Dear friends,
>
> We are pleased to announce that we obtained the verified copy of 
> Horczicky's signature from the State Archive of the Town of Melnik, Czech 
> republic. I would like to express my thanks to Mr. Karel Slajsna fot his 
> assistance. We also provided the display of the above signature on Net 
> accompanied by the article.
>
> You can see it  here:
> http://hurontaria.baf.cz/b25.htm
> (pls do not use links from there, they will not work)
>
>
> We  also posted it on our VM site at:
> http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/ohlas/VM/b25.htm
> however since the site appears to be somehow slow  lately, we are planning 
> to move it
> in future somewhere else. When it happens we will inform you promptly.
>
> --------------
>
>  THE EXCERPT:
>
> " . . . He was never considered to be the author or at least the person 
> who could solve the VM, in spite of the fact he is the first truly 
> recorded owner of the VM.
>
> Apparently it did not matter that
> a) he was very gifted researcher and experimenter in botanics (and nobody 
> can deny that the VM is mostly filled with the pictures of plants and the 
> related text),
> b) he was an apprentice of Jesuit apothecary in Krumlov and apparently his 
> best student
> c) he later made fortune by selling all kinds of his own medicine - namely 
> his Aqua Sinapius - and that was while he was still a student of Jesuit 
> University in Prague (Clementinum)
> d) as a student, he was in charge of the University gardens and - 
> according to one source - apparently even in charge of Rudolph's Royal 
> botanical gardens
> e) he was also a skilled alchemist and - again according another source - 
> possibly even the director of Rudolph's alchemist laboratories
> f) he was apparently also skilled in astrology, since those two 
> professions went hand -in-hand in those times (we may say the astrology 
> was a prerequisite for the work of an alchemist :-) "
> ------------------------------------
>
> Regards,
> Jan Hurych, webmaster
> VM page
>
> Our VM page is at  http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/ohlas/VM/
>  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
> Do you want to be informed about actualization by e-mail? Pls write to us 
> at
> hurychj@xxxxxxxxx
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> WE ARE LOOKING FOR RESEARCHERS AND ASSISTANTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC, more info 
> here:
> http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/ohlas/VM/d22.htm ( in Czech only)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Anybody interested in publishing his research on our page is welcome. 
> Please write to us at
> hurychj@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
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> 
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