The Voynich Manuscript: The Unsolved Riddle of an Extraordinary 16th Century Book Which Even Today Defies Interpretation

The Voynich Manuscript: The Unsolved Riddle of an Extraordinary 16th Century Book Which Even Today Defies Interpretation by Gerry Kennedy


ISBN
9780752859965
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
312
Dimensions
141 x 222 x 31mm

The incredible true story of the enigmatic sixteenth-century codex - and how 'you' can help decode it.

In 1912, Wilfred Voynich, an antiquarian book dealer, stumbled upon a strange volume, its vellum pages covered in a beautiful but unrecognisable script accompanied by equally mystifying pictures. The codex, approximately 6 x 9 inches, has remained undeciphered from that day to this. Voynich believed the codex to be the work of medieval philosopher Roger Bacon, others that the Elizabethan mathematician and occultist John Dee was the author. Whoever created the book - which now resides at Yale University - it remains to this day a singular enigma which continues to defy the best efforts of linguists, cryptologists and scholars. This book presents an opportunity for the public to participate in solving the biggest unsolved mystery in the literary world , and includes the known history of the book and the facsimile illustrations and text from the original work.
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