Voynich Manuscript
"The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance. . . .
The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography. The mystery of the meaning and origin of the manuscript has excited the popular imagination, making the manuscript the subject of novels and speculation. None of the many hypotheses proposed over the last hundred years has yet been independently verified."
The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography. The mystery of the meaning and origin of the manuscript has excited the popular imagination, making the manuscript the subject of novels and speculation. None of the many hypotheses proposed over the last hundred years has yet been independently verified."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Voynich manuscript" (accessed 11/16/2015)
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Blog Posts and Articles
- "Progress on the Voynich Manuscript" (Michael Heiser, 1/31/2014)
- "Has the Voynich Manuscript Mystery Been Solved?" (Martin J. Clemens, 1/26/2014)
- "The Voynich Manuscript" (Brian Dunning, 4/5/2011)
- "Origin of the Voynich Manuscript Pushed Back Even Further" (Mihai Andrei, 2/12/2011)
