Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post

BROOK · 09-13-2009, 10:47 PM

Okay..I stand corrected..that site is not just about Economy...and I did find the article...

http://www.economist.com/science/dis..._id=E1_NPNJRDP

Decoding the Voynich manuscript

Jan 8th 2004
From The Economist print edition

THE Voynich manuscript, once owned by Emperor Rudolph II in 16th-century Bohemia, is filled with drawings of fantastic plants, zodiacal symbols and naked ladies. Far more intriguing than its illustrations, however, is the accompanying text: 234 pages of beautifully formed, yet completely unintelligible script. Modern scholars have pored over the book since 1912, when Wilfrid Voynich, an American antiquarian, bought the manuscript and started circulating copies in the hope of having it translated. Some 90 years later, the book still defies deciphering. It now resides at Yale University. …

09-13-2009, 10:47 PM	#22
BROOK Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,117	Re: Voynich Manuscript Okay..I stand corrected..that site is not just about Economy...and I did find the article... http://www.economist.com/science/dis..._id=E1_NPNJRDP Decoding the Voynich manuscript Jan 8th 2004 From The Economist print edition THE Voynich manuscript, once owned by Emperor Rudolph II in 16th-century Bohemia, is filled with drawings of fantastic plants, zodiacal symbols and naked ladies. Far more intriguing than its illustrations, however, is the accompanying text: 234 pages of beautifully formed, yet completely unintelligible script. Modern scholars have pored over the book since 1912, when Wilfrid Voynich, an American antiquarian, bought the manuscript and started circulating copies in the hope of having it translated. Some 90 years later, the book still defies deciphering. It now resides at Yale University. …