Re: The Vinland Map's Ink

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:06:38 GMT, "David B" <tronospamchos@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Eric Stevens wrote in message
><4j3j515l37hgn41pcg3pg086ft0vnpp6ib@xxxxxxx>...
>>
>>On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:06:43 GMT, "David B" <tronospamchos@xxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>I must remind you of the question Ken posed:
>>
>>>>>>If the map is really medieval, what is a PLAUSIBLE explanation
>>>>>>for the appearance AND composition of the inks that is consistent
>>>>>>with the age of the parchment? Can Mr. Stevens, Mr. Renfors or
>>>>>>Ms. Johansson answer this question without digressing onto other
>>>>>>topics or making further ad hominem comments?
>>>
>>
>>Your reminder is misplaced. First, I was responding directly to you. I
>>used the term 'plausible scenario' as this was the term used by you in
>>the article to which I was responding.
>>
>>Second, we started heading down this particular branch of the
>>discussion when Thomas Zahr wrote:
>>
>> "If the map is authentic, it must be possible to describe the
>> process followed to produce it, taking all it's properties
>> into account."
>
>Fair enough. I happen to agree with you that the phrasing of Thomas's claim
>goes a bit further beyond what Ken originally proposed than I would. But
>not that much further, try a slight modification to:
>"If the map is authentic, it must be possible to describe the process
>followed to produce it, taking all its KNOWN properties into account".
>In other words, however little is known about an artifact, it will be
>possible to produce hypotheses which explain all its known properties. This
>is where my other messages in this thread, with my description of a 20th
>century process, come in. If there are properties of the map which
>contradict any of the points in that description, then the description must
>at the very least be modified, and may fall altogether (if one of the
>properties of the map, for example, was a known provenance going back to
>1440).
>
>So here's a modified version of Ken's question: can somebody produce a
>description of the map-making process which is not contradicted by any
>known property of the Map?
>

That's better. :-)



Eric Stevens

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