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The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript is an unusual, 600-year-old book written in an unknown language that has never been deciphered.

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May 29, 2025
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

The Voynich Manuscript is an unusual 240-page, 600-year-old book written in an unknown language of looping script that has defied decipherment by the world’s best cryptographers and codebreakers.

Based on carbon dating, the mysterious work was believed to have been written sometime during the early 15th century. I…

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