The Encrypted Book Nobody Can Solve.

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Hey guys,

Having had positive feedback about posting my article here I include my latest. It's about the Voynich Manuscript - a 500-year-old book written in a code that still defies codebreakers.

Edit: links broken. Will try to find the original document and post it.

Edit 2: actually, just Google it :P
 
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Well there's a great deal more info out there on the net. My article is more of a brief overview, really. Great mystery, though.

I just can't figure out my writing style, though. Most people say it's good, with some loving it and others hate it...
 
In the article there is a quote from Prescott Currier saying "The two most important findings that I think I have made are the identification of more than one hand and the identification of more than one ‘language", which seems to be an opinion that's reinforced if you look around online. Not so much of opinion either, more of an 'educated theory'.

I for one thought the language used in the article was pretty effective. The in-depth description of 'how' the words were written formed a sense of knowledge of how much care and precision went into the physical writing of the tome. Which, in my personal opinion, support theories that it's more than just a childs "fun book". Well written i'd say.



Thanks Jay; and you're totally right about the description of the glyphs and their fluidity being an indication that the author was very much familiar with writing the characters and not making it up as he went along.
 
The language and sentence structure gets a little convoluted in places but it's hardly deserving of the criticism levied at it early in this thread!


The manuscript is fascinating, is it available on-line at all?

thanks Jack; I welcome criticism but I suspect some people are being a bit OTT and may not have any writing credentials themselves.

Anyway, as far as I know there is a project underway to transfer the entire manuscript onto computer and the net. I think the guy has been doing this since the 90s though, so you may have to wait a while longer!
 
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XKCD for every occasion!

Only just saw that, it's awesome!
 
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