Re: VMs: Medieval Cryptography Info

[Koontz John E <John.Koontz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> He wrote: I though of this myself, i.e. it is a code designed by the
> emperor personally. It is not clear to what extent he did, maybe he just
> made up the characters himself. The handwriting looks quite similar to
> the marginalia in the VMs. The curator of the Strahov library in Prague
> also identified the handwriting on f116v of the VMs as late 15th, early
> 16th century, and Central European. Well before Kelly's or Sinapius'
> days.

Wouldn't that then represent internal evidence that the VMs had a Central
European history, if not necessarily a Central European origin, prior to
any possible connection with Dee or Kelly?  That in turn would make it
less likely that either one of them had any connection with it.

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