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[oshfdk]

It is correct that astronomy started to progress in the second half of the 15th century, including the work of Regiomontanus and the interest in the calendar. Even greater advance was made after Copernicus, in the next two centuries.



However, the diagrams in the Voynich MS show nothing that resembles these two advances. That also fits with its dating in the earlier decades of the 15th century. The 6-fold and 12-fold (and several other) circle divisions relate to much earlier times, even as many of them have not yet found good parallels in other manuscripts.

I suppose in most cases interest gets there first and the progress comes afterwards. What I noticed in XIV-XV century manuscripts is a constant stream of tweaks and adjustments to the same charts, as if looking for some new models or explanations by trial and error. There are no obvious breakthroughs, but a lot of shuffling things around. Not unlike in the present day Voynich manuscript research in a certain sense 

But overall these charts, like the one I attached to my previous post, are in the same ballpark of sophistication as the Voynich charts. Only the Voynich charts are way more artsy, by the feel of it. I won't be surprised if the Voynich manuscript itself is a piece of fiction. Doesn't look to me like a scientific notebook of the period.