New images: Marci letter wax

[asteckley]

There are several problems with this.

1. The modern cover is (almost certainly) not the one that it had when Marci sent the book.

2. The inside cover we see now is (also almost certainly) not how it was when Voynich received the MS. 

These may be valid points, although it is pure speculation to say that the book was modified to any significant degree by Voynich -- is there any indication anywhere --in correspondence or articles or anything -- that any such modifications were made (by Voynich or anyone else) since 1912? 

But in any case, it would not explain any scenario where the letter would fit inside the VMS  to produce those markings (unless the previous speculated cover was substantially larger than the folio pages of the manuscript itself which seems very unrealistic.) The two red wax markings on the letter are the result of the letter being folded  along a vertical line between the two, so that the two meet. The letter has been unfolded from that position to produce the alignment that is seen in Lisa's photograph. And separate from that geometric problem, the letter is clearly longer in the direction from the one red blotch to the upper left edge of the letter than is the distance from the yellowish mark to the top of the inside cover, so the edge of the letter would have to extend beyond the top of the inside cover (as can be seen in the photograph) -- There is just no way that the the letter cannot be placed in the cover in a way to make either of the yellowish marks line up with the red wax residues.