Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Voynich Manuscript


These are pages from the
  • Voynich Manuscript
  • In the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale lies one of the most enigmatic manuscripts in the world. Classified as Manuscript 408, it is a manuscript of nine by six inches and 235 pages (though some pages may have been lost). Its lettering is unique to the manuscript, and its pages are illustrated with a wide variety of diagrams: plants, nude women in baths, astronomical charts, and other unlikely subjects. The
  • Voynich Manuscript
  • has become the focus of intense scholarship ever since its discovery, and some of the world's best cryptographers have been attempting to read it for decades.
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    It is an interesting mystery. The illustrations look like recipes to me. But not food type recipes, it almost seems like the recipe book for creating life. I'm not saying that's what it is... just that's what the illustrations seemed like to me.
    I hope someone is able to translate it soon. I can't wait to find out what it really is about :)