Re: VMs: VOYNICH CATALOGUES

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jean-Yves,

At 14:21 30/05/2004 +0200, Jean-Yves Artero wrote:
> My point is that when you consider V. s heraldry as it appears say in the 
> front cover of his catalogs it ( cat and mouse ) very much looks like a 
> woodcut which is to be found in David Ovason s book which is entitled The 
> Nostradamus code.

According to http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm
        Nostradamus, the famous 16th c. astrologer who settled in
        France, bore: Gules, a wheel broken between each spoke or.
        Since the color of the charge was too clear a reminder of the
        bearer's origins, a descendant had the arms changed to
        quarterly, 1 and 4 Argent a wheel sable; 2 and 3 Argent an
        eagle's head erased sable (Mathieu 1946, p. 41).

        [ R. Mathieu (1946), "Le Systeme Heraldique Francais" ]

So... it doesn't look as though there is any obvious heraldic connection 
between WMV and Nostradamus - and Alchabitius/Alcabitius himself (Abd 
al-Aziz al-Qabisi, died 967) doesn't seem like a prime candidate to have a 
coat of arms. :-o

However, I'm not familiar with the manuscript you mention & you're never 
~quite~ sure of anything with WMV - so might I suggest that you scan that 
page in from "The Nostradamus Code" and post it on the Web for us to have a 
look at?

Incidentally, the copious 14-page preface (dedicated to his son Cesar) in 
Nostradamus' 1555 edition of his "Propheties" would seem like a good place 
to search for cryptography / steganography - has anyone ever examined this?
        http://www.bm-lyon.fr/expo/nostradamus/prophetie2.htm (in French)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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