Voynich Manuscript

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

Now digitized and OA from Yale: "Written in Central Europe at the end of the 15th or during the 16th century, the origin, language, and date of the Voynich Manuscript —named after the Polish-American antiquarian bookseller, Wilfrid M. Voynich, who acquired it in 1912— are still being debated as vigorously as its puzzling drawings and undeciphered text. Described as a magical or scientific text, nearly every page contains botanical, figurative, and scientific drawings of a provincial but lively character, drawn in ink with vibrant washes in various shades of green, brown, yellow, blue, and red...."

Link:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/voynich.html

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Tags:

oa.new ru.do ru.ps oa.books oa.digitization

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:11

Date published:

11/29/2011, 15:32