07-07-2017, 02:07 PM
Hi everyone,
I was reviewing the comments section in the Guardian article about Skinner's theory, and saw that " Sierranorth" had made the following contribution:
"Consider this:
Wilfred Voynich was a brilliant man whose ‘seductive’ personality, facility in languages, wide ranging knowledge, and keen entrepreneurial skills made him a highly successful book dealer. Voynich might have owed his continued success more to his knowledge as a chemist than to his other skills and personality. He graduated from Moscow University with a degree in chemistry and was a licensed pharmacist. Not long after he opened his bookshop he began finding previously unknown rare manuscripts. He was said to have acquired supplies of unused medieval paper from Europe and to have used ‘his knowledge as a chemist to replicate medieval inks and paints, thus enabling him to create “new” medieval manuscripts to order’. Readers’ tickets from the British Museum Library reveal that his associate Sydney Reilly (Reilly, Ace of Spies) had presented himself as a ‘chemist and physicist’ interested in the study of medieval art. Among the books that he studied were Some observations on ancient inks and A Booke of secrets, shewing divers waies to make and prepare all sorts of Inke and Colours."
I was not aware that Voynich and Reilly had such a close connection... yet an old BBC You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. seems to say they frequented the same bookshop, and another You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. claims that Reilly may have frequented Voynich's wife at one time, but not much more.
Are any of these claims verified?
If the statements about them checking out books about how to mimic medieval inks at the BM library is true, I have to say that might give some weight to the modern hoax theory...
I was reviewing the comments section in the Guardian article about Skinner's theory, and saw that " Sierranorth" had made the following contribution:
"Consider this:
Wilfred Voynich was a brilliant man whose ‘seductive’ personality, facility in languages, wide ranging knowledge, and keen entrepreneurial skills made him a highly successful book dealer. Voynich might have owed his continued success more to his knowledge as a chemist than to his other skills and personality. He graduated from Moscow University with a degree in chemistry and was a licensed pharmacist. Not long after he opened his bookshop he began finding previously unknown rare manuscripts. He was said to have acquired supplies of unused medieval paper from Europe and to have used ‘his knowledge as a chemist to replicate medieval inks and paints, thus enabling him to create “new” medieval manuscripts to order’. Readers’ tickets from the British Museum Library reveal that his associate Sydney Reilly (Reilly, Ace of Spies) had presented himself as a ‘chemist and physicist’ interested in the study of medieval art. Among the books that he studied were Some observations on ancient inks and A Booke of secrets, shewing divers waies to make and prepare all sorts of Inke and Colours."
I was not aware that Voynich and Reilly had such a close connection... yet an old BBC You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. seems to say they frequented the same bookshop, and another You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. claims that Reilly may have frequented Voynich's wife at one time, but not much more.
Are any of these claims verified?
If the statements about them checking out books about how to mimic medieval inks at the BM library is true, I have to say that might give some weight to the modern hoax theory...
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