What IS the Voynich Manuscript?

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 07:46 AM

Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Dates Back to Early 15th Century, Researchers Find

ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2011) — University of Arizona researchers have cracked one of the puzzles surrounding what has been called "the world's most mysterious manuscript" -- the Voynich manuscript, a book filled with drawings and writings nobody has been able to make sense of to this day.

Using radiocarbon dating, a team led by Greg Hodgins in the UA's department of physics has found the manuscript's parchment pages date back to the early 15th century, making the book a century older than scholars had previously thought.

This tome makes the "DaVinci Code" look downright lackluster: Rows of text scrawled on visibly aged parchment, flowing around intricately drawn illustrations depicting plants, astronomical charts and human figures bathing in -- perhaps -- the fountain of youth. At first glance, the "Voynich manuscript" appears to be not unlike any other antique work of writing and drawing.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0210153016.htm

pdurrant · 02-14-2011, 07:57 AM

You can see hi-res images of the manuscript pages here: http://voynichcentral.com/

And more info here: http://www.voynich.nu/

There's even an xkcd cartoon:

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 08:12 AM

Thanks Paul!

rogue_librarian · 02-14-2011, 08:20 AM

It's like an antique Codex Seraphinianus...

pdurrant · 02-14-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Thanks Paul!

Thanks, but no karma?

pdurrant · 02-14-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian

It's like an antique Codex Seraphinianus...

That is interesting. Almost identical, in fact.

boxcorner · 02-14-2011, 08:44 AM

Plus, a Wikipedia page Voynich manuscript

DixieGal · 02-14-2011, 09:20 AM

Just a week ago, I watched a show on this on, I think, the Documentary Channel. The conclusion they made is that it was written by DaVinci as a child. Since naturally, anything mysterious created in that era was made by him.

This is also the same channel that attributes every ancient mystery and myth to alien visitation.

tubemonkey · 02-14-2011, 09:39 AM

I always attribute anything I can't make sense of to Area 51 aliens. I'm sure they wrote it.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Thanks, but no karma?

Gotta keep em guessin'

ardeegee · 02-14-2011, 12:16 PM

And then there's this.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 12:32 PM

Very interesting Ardeegee. Thanks!

tubemonkey · 02-14-2011, 12:46 PM

RolandD · 02-14-2011, 03:32 PM

Don't forget the Toynbee Tiles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles

They are all related.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RolandD

Don't forget the Toynbee Tiles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles

They are all related.

This seems clearly an act of intent to deceive etc. - like crop circles.

The others seem like legitimate mysteries to me.

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kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,939 Karma: 37216234 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	What IS the Voynich Manuscript? *Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Dates Back to Early 15th Century, Researchers Find* ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2011) — University of Arizona researchers have cracked one of the puzzles surrounding what has been called "the world's most mysterious manuscript" -- the Voynich manuscript, a book filled with drawings and writings nobody has been able to make sense of to this day. Using radiocarbon dating, a team led by Greg Hodgins in the UA's department of physics has found the manuscript's parchment pages date back to the early 15th century, making the book a century older than scholars had previously thought. This tome makes the "DaVinci Code" look downright lackluster: Rows of text scrawled on visibly aged parchment, flowing around intricately drawn illustrations depicting plants, astronomical charts and human figures bathing in -- perhaps -- the fountain of youth. At first glance, the "Voynich manuscript" appears to be not unlike any other antique work of writing and drawing. .... Rest here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0210153016.htm __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

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kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,939 Karma: 37216234 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	Very interesting Ardeegee. Thanks! __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,472 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Just a week ago, I watched a show on this on, I think, the Documentary Channel. The conclusion they made is that it was written by DaVinci as a child. Since naturally, anything mysterious created in that era was made by him. This is also the same channel that attributes every ancient mystery and myth to alien visitation.

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ardeegee New Musicians of Bremen Posts: 3,291 Karma: 916824 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	And then there's this.

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