# Comments:
#
#   The page layout suggests four quotes with attributions, or signed
#   endorsements.
#
#   The faint scribbling at the top must be the signature
#   of Jacobus de Tepenecz, as asserted in many references.
#
#   Jim Reeds writes [15 Jul 94]: "The erased key on f1r is discussed
#   by Brumbaugh. It seems to have 3 vertical columns of letters. The
#   leftmost is the ordinary alphabet, lower case italic hand, a
#   through z. I could not check for the presence of every letter (I'm
#   not sure about j, for instance) but a, b, c, ... o, p, q, r, s,
#   ... y, z are pretty clear. Next to those are very spotty frags of
#   Voynich letters. I could make out <8> next to a, <R> next to c,
#   <6> next to y, and one of the gallows letters somewhere near the
#   q, r, s range. [...] The 3d column seems to be 1 off from the
#   first: italic miniscules, r next to s, and so on. More is visible
#   in UV shots than Petersen shows."
#
#   Brumbaugh reportedly claims that there was a date in the upper
#   right corner of f1r before it was obliterated by the application
#   of chemicals (intended to reveal faded writing).
#
#   D'Imperio says that the "weirdo" characters EVA &252/&253 are in
#   bright red ink; confirmed by Glen Claston [20 Feb 1998] and Jim
#   Reeds [03 Mar 1998].
#
#   Rene [28 Jul 1997] found a medieval astrological diagram [1], in
#   Greek, where EVA &252 is used as a symbol for Aries, which is
#   "kruos" or "kryos" in Greek.
#
#   Stolfi suggested [07 Aug 1998] that the symbols may be
#   abbreviations for "Koenig" and "KoenigiN" --- i.e. "K" and
#   "K"-with-squiggle. (How desperate can you get?)
#
# References:
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# [1] Codex Taurinensis C VII 15 (author anonymous, no date avaliable).
# http://www.ficom.net/members/ditch/secret.htm
#
# [2] John Grove 
# http://members.tripod.com/~VoynichMs/Prefix.htm
#
