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The text would have been very familiar to anyone at the time who was interested in medicine.
THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT PAGES CODE
"The abbreviations correspond to the standard pattern of words used in the Herbarium Apuleius Platonicus – aq = aqua (water), dq = decoque / decoctio (decoction), con = confundo (mix), ris = radacis / radix (root), s aiij = seminis ana iij (3 grains each), etc." So this wasn't a code at all it was just shorthand. "From the herbarium incorporated into the Voynich manuscript, a standard pattern of abbreviations and ligatures emerged from each plant entry," he wrote. His experience with medieval Latin and familiarity with ancient medical guides allowed him to uncover the first clues.Īfter looking at the so-called code for a while, Gibbs realized he was seeing a common form of medieval Latin abbreviations, often used in medical treatises about herbs. Because the manuscript has been entirely digitized by Yale's Beinecke Library, he could see tiny details in each page and pore over them at his leisure. If you are interested, I am ready to send more detailed information, including scans of pages indicating the translated words.Further Reading So much for that Voynich manuscript “solution” Gibbs writes in the Times Literary Supplement that he was commissioned by a television network to analyze the Voynich Manuscript three years ago. To translate words consisting of more than 2.3 characters is necessary to know this ancient language. I pick up the key by which the first section I was able to read the following words: hemp, hemp clothing food, food (sheet of 20 numbering on the Internet) cleaned (intestines), knowledge may wish to drink a sugary drink (nectar), maturation (maturity), to consider, to think (sheet 107) drink six flourishing growing rich peas sweet drink nectar and others. Moreover, in the text there are 2 more levels of encryption to virtually eliminate the possibility of computer-assisted translation, even after replacing the signs letters. The manuscript was written no letters, and signs for the letters of the alphabet of one of the ancient languages.
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Today, I have to add on this matter following. To a question about the key to the Voynich manuscript. A note, written in Latin and dated 1666, was attached and suggested that even at that point, the manuscript was few hundred years old and possibly the work of philosopher and scientific proponent Roger Bacon. Voynich purchased a bunch of books in Europe, including the encrypted manuscript. What is known is that in 1912 antiquarian book dealer Wilfrid M. A puzzle inside of conundrum wrapped in an enigma, as they say.
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No one is sure who the author is, where or when exactly it was written, or really what it means. Even though it has yet to be read, it appears to be a scientific book of sorts as there are numerous illustrations of plants and herbs as well as astrological and anatomical drawings. The Damned Story: Although there are many priceless, unique and renowned volumes at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, there may be none that has sparked more debate, research and questions than the puzzling and curious Voynich Manuscript.Īn illustrated 234-page medieval manuscript, the book is written in an elegant yet coded script that has yet to be deciphered despite a century of effort, including attempts by the greatest code-breakers of the 20th century.