Were Juan Gerson the Illustrator and Gaspar de Torres the Author of the Voynich Codex?
| Autor: | Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 45:343-352 |
| ISSN: | 1842-4309 0255-965X |
| DOI: | 10.15835/nbha45210693 |
| Popis: | The bizarre Voynich Codex, discovered in 1912 in Italy by the Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich (1864-1930), is written in a coded language with has eluded decipherment despite repeated attempts by world renowned cryptologists. Plant, animal, and mineral identifications as well as iconographic evidence indicate that the Voynich Codex is a 16 th century work of New Spain. A typographical ligature based on the initials “JGT” in the first botanical image (folio 1v) suggests that artist was Juan Gerson, Tlacuilo , indigenous painter known for the apocalypse paintings in the monastery Asuncion de Nuestra Senora of Tecamachalco. The name “Gasp. Torres” also embedded in the first botanical image suggests that the author could be Gaspar de Torres, medical doctor, estate lawyer, master of students at the College of Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco from 1568-1572, and Governor of Cuba in 1580. Iconographic similarities between the paintings of Juan Gerson and the Voynich Codex, along with a biography of Gaspar de Torres provide additional support for this conjecture. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/nbha45210693 Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca ( http://www.notulaebotanicae.ro ) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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