08-07-2026, 07:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2026, 07:14 PM by JustAnotherTheory.)
Hi! It's @JustAnotherTheory again. This time I submit to you the theory that Johannes von Gmünden was the writer of the VMS marginalia.
Johannes von Gmünden (1380/1384 - 1442) was an astronomer in Austria (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Of particular note is that he was the student of Heinrich von Langenstein, who worked personally with Nicolas Oresme in Paris (link to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
Not many writings of his own hand survive, unfortunately. One of them that does, is Augsburg, Universitätsbibl., Cod. III.1.4° 1 (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
In this manuscript, we can see some startling things. Here are a few words that remind one of the VMS folio 17r:
Others ressemble the VMS folio 116v:
We also have an MS from him where he draws some kind of star map with the sun and the moon having human faces:
Johannes von Gmünden (1380/1384 - 1442) was an astronomer in Austria (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Of particular note is that he was the student of Heinrich von Langenstein, who worked personally with Nicolas Oresme in Paris (link to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
Not many writings of his own hand survive, unfortunately. One of them that does, is Augsburg, Universitätsbibl., Cod. III.1.4° 1 (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
In this manuscript, we can see some startling things. Here are a few words that remind one of the VMS folio 17r:
Others ressemble the VMS folio 116v:
We also have an MS from him where he draws some kind of star map with the sun and the moon having human faces:
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