It is written in a strangely beautiful cryptographic script. The Voynich manuscript has eluded interpretation for a century. Instead, as New York Times best-selling author Deborah Harkness says in her introduction, the book “invites the reader to join us at the heart of the mystery. The Voynich Manuscriptis an extensively illustrated codex featuring cosmological and astrological diagrams interwoven with detailed herbal illustration, relating both to the magical and alchemic view of the universe. The essays that accompany the manuscript explain what we have learned about this work-from alchemical, cryptographic, forensic, and historical perspectives-but they provide few definitive answers. For the first time, this facsimile, complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind “Voynichese” text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants, unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though fantastical tubes and green baths. The book’s language has eluded decipherment, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful.
The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. Download as File Copy to Clipboard 0 Conference Proceedings T What We Know About The Voynich Manuscript A Reddy, Sravana A Knight, Kevin S Proceedings of the 5th ACL-HLT Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities D 2011 8 jun I Association for Computational Linguistics C Portland, OR, USA. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. d bloggers like this: Dont hesitate to reach out with the contact information below, or send a message using the form. Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the “Voynich Manuscript,” the world’s most mysterious book. fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will fascinate.”-Rebecca Onion, Slate “For people who like a good historical mystery, this. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (14041438), and it may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance.The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912. "For the first time, a complete reproduction The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its beguiling, beautiful strangeness."-Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. THIS MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF HISTORY IS ILLUSTRATED IN A MYSTERIOUS SECRET CODE. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY.