The Mystery of the VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT

The Mystery of the VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT

Rugg discusses how a new analysis of the Voynich Manuscript, a famously cryptic medieval document, suggests that it contains nothing but gibberish. Critics of this hypothesis have argued that Voynichese is too complex to be nonsense.

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Published in:Scientific American Vol. 291; no. 1; pp. 104 - 109
Main Author: Rugg, Gordon
Format: Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: United States Scientific American, Incorporated 01-07-2004
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Alchemy
Cryptography
Historic documents
Hoaxes
Rare book libraries
Rare books
Scriptwriting
Syllables
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Summary:Rugg discusses how a new analysis of the Voynich Manuscript, a famously cryptic medieval document, suggests that it contains nothing but gibberish. Critics of this hypothesis have argued that Voynichese is too complex to be nonsense.
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ISSN:0036-8733
1946-7087
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0704-104