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CASE #K9COB4 · 2 entities · 1 connections
The Voynich Manuscript
A 240-page book in a language nobody has ever read — not even the world's best codebreakers.
The Voynich Manuscript is a roughly 240-page illustrated book, carbon-dated to the early 1400s, written in an unknown writing system that has resisted every attempt at decipherment for over a century.
⇄disputed
Quick facts
- →Carbon dating places the vellum firmly in the early 15th century — it's not a modern hoax on fake-old material.
- →The book contains illustrations of plants that don't match any known species, alongside astronomical and bathing/anatomical diagrams.
- →Even top WWII and Cold War-era codebreakers, including some who cracked real wartime ciphers, have failed to decode it.
- →Named after Wilfrid Voynich, the rare book dealer who acquired it in 1912 — not its original, unknown author.
Entities on file
Voynich Manuscript (document)
240-page illustrated manuscript in an undeciphered writing system, dated to the early 1400s.
No outgoing connections on file.
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Wilfrid Voynich (person)
Rare book dealer who acquired and publicized the manuscript in 1912.
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