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A Voynich manuscript was donated to Yale University in 1969 and it is currently in their Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Its call number is MS 408 and titled "Cipher Manuscript."
Wilfred Michael Voynich did not write the Voynich Manuscript, as it is an anonymous illustrated codex from the early 15th century. Voynich was a book dealer who acquired the manuscript in 1912, hence the name.
The Voynich Manuscript is written in an unknown script that has not been deciphered or identified by scholars. The text, along with its illustrations, remains a mystery and has baffled researchers for centuries.
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It takes its name from the man who discovered it, one Wilfrid Voynich who was a book seller by trade with an eye for the way-out. it was discovered in a monastery or other religious library in Italy, Voynich snapped it up! This occurred in 1912 , of Titanic fame. ( no connection). Nobody has conclusively cracked the Voynich manuscript and it cannot be nailed down , if a code cipher, what language it is in or based on. there are certain highly repeatable patterns- termed a running key by cryptographers. Nobody, to date has ever solved it or even made educated guesses as to the subject matter, which might have something to do with artificial intelligent life... as some of the illustrations hint.
Old Manuscripts were called the Codes. Refer to the Voynich Biblical Manuscript codes
If the Voynich Manuscript is (as now seems most likely) a genuine ciphertext dating to the first half of the 15th century, it is most probably an enciphered book of secrets i.e. it contains herbal, medical, astronomical/astrological, balneological, and engineering (mechanical) secrets. Conversely, it is probably not a book of alchemy, necromancy, or heresy.It would be nice to be able to say more with any certainty, but that's about as far as it goes for the moment, sorry!
Wilfrid Michael Voynich died in 1930.
Wilfrid Michael Voynich was born in 1865.
The origins of the Voynich manuscript are still debated among scholars, but it is generally attributed to the early 15th century, likely created in Northern Italy. This dating is based on the style of its illustrations, the type of vellum used, and the linguistic analysis of its mysterious text, which appears to be a constructed language or cipher. Its unique combination of herbal illustrations, astronomical diagrams, and alchemical symbols suggests it may have been a compendium of knowledge from that era, although its true purpose remains unknown. The manuscript's enigmatic nature has fueled numerous theories about its origins and meaning, but no definitive conclusions have been reached.
Yes, they are: though one might reasonably argue that more effort these days is spent on cracking the Voynich Manuscript's history than on cracking its code/cipher system. All the same, it remains just as much an historical mystery as a cryptological mystery: ultimately, it seems likely that a focused combination of (a) sustained historical research, (b) assiduous statistical analysis, and (c) exceptionally lateral thinking will be required to decipher any part of its encrypted text.
Ethel Lilian Voynich was born on May 11, 1864, in County Cork, Ireland.