Re: VMs: VMS author

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I do not believe that Kepler had any involvement in
> the writing of the VMS.

I know, and neither do I.

> However I believe he did know of it. The reasons for
> this I will not go into
> now as I need to investigate further.

As I indicated, I once believed that he might
have. However, there is no evidence (so far)
in any of his records. It is not impossible that
he knew about it, but this is pure speculation. 

> Experts are often wrong. They make educated guesses
> based on available facts. 

If many experts come to the same conclusion about
the age of the MS independently, it takes more
than the above generic statement to convince
people (well, at least me) that they are wrong by
1.5 centuries. 

Furthermore, the identification of dates in the
VMs and of certain events being displayed on some
pages is not based on fact but on hypotheses.

I would therefore say that the evidence is
highly in favour of the earlier date.

Best wishes, Rene


	
		
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