“’The Voynich manuscript is a real medieval book, and has been carbon-dated to the early 1400s.’ No modern hoax, this notoriously bizarre text has in fact ‘passed through the hands of many over the years,’ including ‘scientists, emperors, and collectors.’ Though ‘we still don’t know who actually wrote it, the illustrations hint at the book’s original purpose,’ having ‘much in common with medieval herbals, astrology guides, and bathing manuals.’ Hence the likelihood of the Voynich manuscript being ‘some sort of medical textbook, although a very strange one by any measure. Then there’s the writing.’ ...”
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