So much for that Voynich manuscript “solution”

Enlarge / A page from the mysterious medieval Voynich Manuscript, which is probably a health manual for women. The latest claim to “decode” it is being debunked by scholars. (credit: Beinecke Library) Last week, a history researcher and television writer named Nicholas Gibbs published a long article in the Times Literary Supplement about how he’d […]

The mysterious Voynich manuscript has finally been decoded

Enlarge / Roughly translated, many parts of the Voynich Manuscript say that women should take a nice bath if they are feeling sick. Since its discovery in 1969, the 15th century Voynich Manuscript has been a mystery and a cult phenomenon. Full of handwriting in an unknown language or code, the book is heavily illustrated […]