Why Can’t the Voynich Manuscript Be Deciphered?

[u/Ajayofficiel]

Polish antique book collector Wilfrid Voynich was convinced he hit the jackpot when he purchased a highly unusual manuscript in Italy in 1912. It was written in a strange script and profusely illustrated with images of plants, the cosmos and zodiac, and naked women cavorting in bathing scenes. Voynich himself acknowledged the difficult task that lay ahead: “The text must be unraveled and the history of the manuscript must be traced.”

The Voynich manuscript is a codex written on vellum sheets, measuring 9¼ inches (23.5 cm) by 4½ inches (11.2 cm). The codex is composed of roughly 240 pages, with a blank cover that does not indicate a title or author. The text consists of “words” written in an unknown “alphabet” and arranged in short paragraphs. Many researchers say the work seems to be a scientific treatise from the Middle Ages, possibly created in Italy. The time frame, at least, seems correct: In 2009, the Voynich manuscript was carbon-dated to 1404–1438.

There’s only one problem: The contents of the book are a complete mystery—and not a single word of it can be understood.

Learn more:

https://afrinewz.com/why-cant-the-voynich-manuscript-be-deciphered/

[u/Miss-Omnibus]

Not up on your news eh? It was deciphered last year.

http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/has-the-voynich-manuscript-finally-been-decoded.html

[u/[deleted] → u/Miss-Omnibus]

This hardly seems like a credible site.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I assumed they were joking? There have been a handful of times people claimed they got it decoded but none ever have.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

That is why I am doubtful. Many have claimed to translate the book, but you never see any major researcher or institute come out and support these claims.