Koen, I don't know the reason for it either, but the text is MOSTLY faithful to the original (not completely, so I'll document the differences, but they are small), so perhaps the accuracy of the image wasn't the important part.
Another thought I had was that if it was not connected with the Jesuits (the ones we know about), if it was connected someone pre-provenance, then they may have had other motives. The printing industry was a goldrush in those days. People who saw Gutenberg's press literally RAN to other countries to set up their own presses as fast as they could so they could be first and they were grabbing manuscripts left and right to turn into printed books. Maybe someone thought the VMS had potential but gave up on it because of its... properties (that we all know about).
This is all speculation, but it's interesting to think about it.
Another thought I had was that if it was not connected with the Jesuits (the ones we know about), if it was connected someone pre-provenance, then they may have had other motives. The printing industry was a goldrush in those days. People who saw Gutenberg's press literally RAN to other countries to set up their own presses as fast as they could so they could be first and they were grabbing manuscripts left and right to turn into printed books. Maybe someone thought the VMS had potential but gave up on it because of its... properties (that we all know about).
This is all speculation, but it's interesting to think about it.