Rauwolf & Clusius & Gessner

[LisaFaginDavis]

The Rauwolf connection, i.e. just the possibility that he may have owned the MS, is relatively new.

In principle it is possible that more can be found, but for both Widemann and Rauwolf the number of possible contacts are numerous. Also, most of these people have been studied for many decades, so big surprises would be, well, a surprise.

Possible though.

Indeed, as we follow the manuscript backwards in time, the certainty of particular individuals having owned it grows less and less. This table from one of my forthcoming Voynich books explains the various points of uncertainty: