Talk:Porta Alchemica

Ancient?
How can something built in the 17th century be considered "ancient"? This article really comes across as a fluff piece for Italian tourism rather than something important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.195.243.36 (talk) 15:37, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In comparatively recent times (say, the 18th Century), the contemporary usages of ancient (meaning extending into the archaeological past) and antique (meaning dating from the early modern period), were reversed - as in I met a traveller from an antique land (antique here meaning ancient).
 * Nuttyskin (talk) 15:25, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Voynich Manuscript
Perhaps the paper referred to the Voynich manuscript: isn't this a spurious and sensational reference to the Voynich manuscript? Since we read The marquis had these symbols engraved on the five gates of the villa Palombara, and the symbols as we have them bear no resemblance whatsoever to the (so far undeciphered) symbols in the Voynich manuscript; but a strong resemblance to perfectly intelligible symbols from the alchemical tradition. What could possibly make someone think otherwise? Nuttyskin (talk) 15:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)