Dubbed as the most mysterious book in the world— though I'm quite sure there are many mysterious books spreading over this big world—, Voynich Manuscript is still a mystery today. It seems like an ordinary old book if you are talking about the physical features. But if you do open the book and try to read the contents, or just for seeing the pictures, I bet you will say different things. You might be going insane if you try to read the text or making some interpretation for the pictures, for they are unreadable and full of strange objects pictures.
For centuries, a lot of curiosities along with uncountable attempts for revealing any secrets of this book have been accompanying the journey of the book. From amateurs to professionals, even the best codebreakers from World War II, were fascinated by this elusive thing.
A plethora claims and theories, plausible or sensational one, have been made for this manuscript. But no one ever could proof the truth of details behind this book. It becomes more and more absurd. Just a tiny-weeny-bit parts could be identified from this book, and the rest would making another questions.None of them accurately interpreted.
As concluded by William F. Friedman— the world's greatest cryptologist— this book maybe resembled of a priory type language text. Some consider it as an enciphered book. The sceptical said it's nothing than a medieval hoax (perhaps it's the most plausible one). A plethora of theories only resulting plentiful meanings. All the conclusions seem like they are not solutions. It becomes blurred, though the technologies are improved year over year.
I am amongst the numbers of people who doesn't believe to any existences of alien, UFO, etc. So, I couldn't help but laugh when have heard this point linked to Voynich Manuscript. Almost the whole elements— the materials, scripts and illustrations— are full of "earthy materials" signs. The plants illustrations maybe seem strange and unidentified, but you can find earth plants structures appearing on them easily— the stems, flowers, leaves and also roots. The most important thing that I found from the book are the illustrations of castles, the outfits and the women hairstyles, reminds me to the medieval style in the Europe region. It perhaps made in Europe at the era, which seems compatible to radiocarbon dating which performed in 2009.
Several names were proposed as the truly author to this book. The most popular is Roger Bacon. His name was the only one noted at the historical evidence for Voynich Manuscript— the 1665 Marci's letter to Kircher— suspected as the author for Voynich Manuscript.(here for seeing the english version of the letter) He was known for his alchemist activities and cryptographic books (for information, this book contains some illustrations that quite similar to the alchemist literature icons). Really match for these points. But the main problem is: he lived in the wrong time, doesn't compatible with the radiocarbon dating result for the vellum.
Whether this manuscript is a real codex written in unknown scripts or simply a forgery stuff, of course, we do not know it exactly. One day, it either could be revealed or still surrounded by its mystery. However, this unpredictable end of the mystery, only GOD who knows and could answer it perfectly.
See also :
My Own Perspective About How to Unveil The Mystery Behind Voynich Manuscript
1665/1666 Marci's letter to Kircher in English translation
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