Comments on: Silphium and Voynich http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/54 My World, My Thoughts Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A Lover of Many Things « NDNL http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/54/comment-page-1#comment-36 A Lover of Many Things « NDNL Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:18:00 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=58#comment-36 [...] the excellent KG Blog (which I discovered through the equally excellent System 13 of course). One post that got my attention was one that talked about the mysterious Voynich [...] [...] the excellent KG Blog (which I discovered through the equally excellent System 13 of course). One post that got my attention was one that talked about the mysterious Voynich [...]

]]> By: Nils http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/54/comment-page-1#comment-35 Nils Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:31:28 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=58#comment-35 I understand what you mean perfectly well. The Middle Dutch ms of Reynard the Fox starts off mentioning the author of the story as "Willem who made Madoc". It's not sure who this Madoc refers to (perhaps the Welsh legendary prince) and it's entirely unclear who Willem was. One thing is for sure: we have no ms about anyone called Madoc in Dutch and we have no other writings by this Willem. Guy writes one of the prime stories in our body of literary works and he's been erased from history completely. Tantalizing, fascinating and frustrating. I keep hoping I run into Madoc somewhere on a flea market. As for Voynich, I'd heard of it. Thanks for reminding me, though. I was going to ask had you heard of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus" rel="nofollow">Codex Seraphinus</a>? Then I saw it was mentioned at the bottom of the Wikipedia page you linked to. Have a look at that. It's not a mystery, but quite interesting too. I'd love to have that book but it's been out of print for years and it'd probably cost a fortune if I ever ran into a copy. I understand what you mean perfectly well. The Middle Dutch ms of Reynard the Fox starts off mentioning the author of the story as “Willem who made Madoc”. It’s not sure who this Madoc refers to (perhaps the Welsh legendary prince) and it’s entirely unclear who Willem was.

One thing is for sure: we have no ms about anyone called Madoc in Dutch and we have no other writings by this Willem.

Guy writes one of the prime stories in our body of literary works and he’s been erased from history completely.

Tantalizing, fascinating and frustrating. I keep hoping I run into Madoc somewhere on a flea market.

As for Voynich, I’d heard of it. Thanks for reminding me, though. I was going to ask had you heard of the Codex Seraphinus? Then I saw it was mentioned at the bottom of the Wikipedia page you linked to. Have a look at that. It’s not a mystery, but quite interesting too.

I’d love to have that book but it’s been out of print for years and it’d probably cost a fortune if I ever ran into a copy.

]]> By: Author http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/54/comment-page-1#comment-34 Author Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:31:03 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=58#comment-34 Hey thanks. I most certainly am interested in the Voynich manuscript. It never occurred to me there might a connection. Hey thanks. I most certainly am interested in the Voynich manuscript. It never occurred to me there might a connection.

]]> By: Nick Pelling http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/54/comment-page-1#comment-33 Nick Pelling Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:43:19 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=58#comment-33 If you like both Silphium and the Voynich manuscript, you might be interested in a 2001 VMS mailing list thread, talking about possible connections between the two. Or you might not. Either way, here's the link:- http://www.voynich.net/Arch/2001/10/msg00056.html If you like both Silphium and the Voynich manuscript, you might be interested in a 2001 VMS mailing list thread, talking about possible connections between the two. Or you might not. Either way, here’s the link:-
http://www.voynich.net/Arch/2001/10/msg00056.html

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