Protein analysis from eraser crumbs

[Morten St. George]

Does anyone know if they randomly selected the pages to test upon arrival at the library, or were the pages pre-selected by the Beineke Library?

The samples were taken by a conservator in Yale (Paula Zyats), and sent to York for analysis.
Selection was done based on recommendations from various people with a final decision by someone in Yale.
My interaction was with Paula Zyats, but the coordination of the various forensic tests was with Aniko Bezur of Yale.

Note that Yale University has several libraries, so certain services (like conservation) are not with the Beinecke, but with Yale, serving all libraries.

Thanks. That was very helpful. Does this mean that we are counting on the honesty and integrity of the Skull and Bones Society, which, according to Wikipedia, "plays a role in a global conspiracy for world control"?   

I see that Cervidae and Bovidae are closely related, so I guess, until we learn more, an honest mistake cannot be ruled out.

I believe I have identified one of the Voynich plants as a freshwater plant currently living in the swamps of Venezuela. This could imply that all the plant drawings are real plants and flowers that lived in the Amazon rainforest around 600 to 700 years ago. However, cows did not live in the rainforest and it is doubtful that they could survive in that environment even if brought there.

Have the bioarchaeologists retained protein data from the back cover for which they could not identify the animal? If so, let's try sending them protein scrapings from three of the animals depicted in the manuscript: the S. Am. marsh deer, the Brazilian tapir, and the spotted jaguar, to see if any of them match.

BTW, I welcome criticisms of my observations. How else are we going to arrive at the truth?