# A later forgery on old parchment

> Still possible: The manuscript was written after 1500, on old parchment, to deceive (e.g. for sale to Rudolf II, or by Voynich).

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# A later forgery on old parchment

The manuscript was written after 1500, on old parchment, to deceive (e.g. for sale to Rudolf II, or by Voynich).

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionLiteratureScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: none pieces of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## Evidence none for · 3 against

[102 of an original 116 leaves survive, in 18 quires](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDHET5NBC/102-of-an-original-116-leaves-survive-in-18-quires)

Established · weighs some · F-002

AGAINST

[Calfskin parchment, radiocarbon-dated 1404–1438](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDH702FH0/calfskin-parchment-radiocarbon-dated-14041438)

Established · weighs heavily · F-001

AGAINST

[Documented ownership begins in Prague, c. 1610](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDJ680V83/documented-ownership-begins-in-prague-c-1610)

Established · weighs some · F-005

AGAINST

[The hands are interchangeable in variant choice](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDPTP36PJ/the-hands-are-interchangeable-in-variant-choice)

Established · weighs little · F-024

NEUTRAL

## The questions it answers

[What is the object, and who made it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFXN6R2VQ6/what-is-the-object-and-who-made-it)

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