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The Voynich Manuscript (Hardcover)
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The Voynich Manuscript (Hardcover)
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The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon,
one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete
reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published,
featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and
extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its
beguiling, beautiful strangeness."-Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe
"For people who like a good historical mystery, this . . .
fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will
fascinate."-Rebecca Onion, Slate Many call the fifteenth-century
codex, commonly known as the "Voynich Manuscript," the world's most
mysterious book. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author,
the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was
rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. The
manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the
library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of
books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. The book's language
has eluded decipherment, and its elaborate illustrations remain as
baffling as they are beautiful. For the first time, this facsimile,
complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore
this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind
"Voynichese" text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants,
unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though
fantastical tubes and green baths. The essays that accompany the
manuscript explain what we have learned about this work-from
alchemical, cryptographic, forensic, and historical
perspectives-but they provide few definitive answers. Instead, as
New York Times best-selling author Deborah Harkness says in her
introduction, the book "invites the reader to join us at the heart
of the mystery."
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