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The Birth of (yet another) New Mythology
Back in 2019 I outlined the process by which evidence supporting a genuine, and old, Voynich was created from whole cloth. This was the unfounded “evidence” that the Voynich was referenced in 1903. But there have been many smaller cases … Continue reading
No Expert “Got it Right”
Number 9 on my list of Modern Voynich Myths states that when the 2009 radiocarbon test revealed a date range of 1404 and 1438, it showed the previous experts guessed the date correctly. But this was, and is, utterly incorrect. … Continue reading
Posted in Dating the VMs, history & provenance, Uncategorized
Tagged c14, dating, experts, forgery, myths, radiocarbon, voynich
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The 1910 Voynich Theory is Gaining Momentum
After more than ten years of researching the possibility that the Voynich is a circa 1908 to 1910 forgery by or for Wilfrid himself, many of the concepts I have originated, and which, in many cases, can be traced directly … Continue reading
Posted in history & provenance, optics, Uncategorized
Tagged documentary, forgery, history channel, hoax, manuscript, voynich
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“Mysterious Steganography”- A Damning Observation
Of all the elements which make up my circumstantial case that the Voynich is actually a circa 1910 modern hoax or forgery, there is one that I have not explained in depth until this post. I think that it is … Continue reading
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The Long-Awaited Voynich Radiocarbon Report
For almost a decade now I’ve had express permission to obtain and disseminate the original 2009 radiocarbon report of the Voynich vellum samples. Nonetheless it has been a long, confusing and sometimes frustrating trail to finally achieving that goal. I’m … Continue reading
Sources for the Voynich Forgery
In my last post, I explained the reasons I believe that the popular quasi-historical 1904 work The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II served as the “primer” which was used to create the Voynich Manuscript. Although the … Continue reading
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The Sources for the Voynich Forgery
In my second to last post, I explained the reasons I believe that the popular quasi-historical 1904 work The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II served as the “primer” used to create the Voynich Manuscript. Although the … Continue reading
Voynich Clysters?
When I wrote and posted my last entry, The Voynich Manuscript in 3D, I left out one of the CAD 3D models I had made for an the object illustrated at the top of f80r. I was reminded of it … Continue reading
The Voynich Manuscript in 3D
Computer designed 3D virtual models of historic illustrations and objects are always interesting and useful. Through them we can get a better idea of what something “really” looked like, when only poor illustrations, photographs, or partial and damaged originals exist. … Continue reading
The Primer for the Voynich Forgery
The modern forgery hypothesis for the Voynich Manuscript is to some extent based on the many striking similarities between illustrations in the work to those found or described in many other works of all ages. Most of the comparisons are … Continue reading