The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex, hand-written in an unknown script referred to as Voynichese. [18] The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century …

Nov 6, 2025 · Voynich manuscript, illustrated manuscript written in an unknown language and thought to have been created in the 15th or 16th century. It is named after antiquarian bookseller Wilfrid …

May 27, 2025 · In 1921, a London rare book dealer named Dr. Wilfred M. Voynich toured the United States with pages from a mysterious ancient manuscript that he claimed would “startle the scientific …

Feb 21, 2025 · What to know: The Voynich manuscript is sometimes called the world’s most mysterious manuscript. Written in a unique script, by an unknown author, the manuscript is just as perplexing …

Voynich, the relatively benign book’s owner, harbored ideas of riches and grandeur when he found the mysterious book at Villa Mondragone (Kennedy 17). In his battle for widespread fame and money, he …

Oct 4, 2025 · A Polish-American antiquarian book dealer named Wilfrid M. Voynich purchased 30 manuscripts from the Jesuit College at Villa Mondragone, near Rome, and among them was our …

May 28, 2025 · Produced in the early fifteenth century, and bearing an unreadable text with strange illustrations, the Voynich Manuscript is regarded as the world’s most mysterious manuscript, a …