Case file · c.1420 · Codes & Puzzles
The Voynich Manuscript
The Book No One Can Read
A medieval book of strange plants and stars, written in a script no one can read.
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This 8 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale: Cipher manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) (digitised manuscript)
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale: The Beinecke Cipher (Voynich) Manuscript (library overview)
- NBC News: You can misjudge this mysterious book by its cover (University of Arizona radiocarbon dating)
- Wikipedia: Voynich manuscript (overview)
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