Re: VMs: Old and new revelations

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:23 03/01/03 -0800, Rene wrote:
> The sheer mass of letters, handwritten notebooks,
> etc. left behind give a very clear picture. It must
> have taken years of their lives. The contents
> of the early correspondence of Voynich also show
> a clear picture of ignorance and need for
> information.
>
> If the VMs is a modern (19th-C) fake, it is
> completely unrealistic to think that Voynich was
> aware of it.

I strongly agree... though the problem with the kind of under-the-counter 
deals which WMV appears to have been doing circa 1900 is that provenance 
information is strongly asymmetric - the seller often knows more than can 
safely be told to the buyer.

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

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