Sunday, May 19, 2019

Has the Voynich manuscript been decoded?

Live Science discusses the theory t


He claims that rather than just a mix of meaningless words and symbols, the manuscript was written in a proto-Romance language that was often used in medieval times, but rarely written in official documents...

According to Cheshire, parts of the text reveal that the manuscript was compiled by a Dominican nun as a reference book for Maria of Castile, the Queen of Aragon in 15th-century Spain. According to his code cracking, the manuscript contains information on herbal remedies, therapeutic bathing and astrological readings; and it also talks about reproduction and parenting, among other topics.

but not everyone agrees: UK Guardian article.  Apparaently although the article was peer reviewed, the author was not a fully qualified academic.

Here is an old video about the manuscript:


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