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The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most mysterious books ever written. It’s the book that nobody has been able to translate.
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If you’ve ever picked up a book, and found it’s full of surreal plants, unknown diagrams, zodiac rings, and a language which is completely undecipherable, you’re likely looking at a copy of the Voynich manuscript: the book that nobody can translate.
This medieval text, which has been dated to the early 15th century, is one of the most mysterious books ever written, as even after hundreds of years, no one has been able to definitively decode it…
So for this entry into the archive, we’ll take a look at this bizarre book, and see what we can learn about its history and possible meaning.
0:00 The Untranslatable Book
1:06 The Artwork
2:33 The Writing
3:35 The Author
4:39 Another Possibility…
5:31 Outro
Sources:
The Actual Manuscript: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046
The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript - Reed Johnson: newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-unread-the-mystery-of-the-voynich-manuscript
History of the Voynich Manuscript - Yale: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript
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#CuriousArchive #VoynichManuscript #Mystery
The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most mysterious books ever written. It’s the book that nobody has been able to translate.
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Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCweDKPSF65wRw5VHFUJYiow?sub_confirmation=1
If you’ve ever picked up a book, and found it’s full of surreal plants, unknown diagrams, zodiac rings, and a language which is completely undecipherable, you’re likely looking at a copy of the Voynich manuscript: the book that nobody can translate.
This medieval text, which has been dated to the early 15th century, is one of the most mysterious books ever written, as even after hundreds of years, no one has been able to definitively decode it…
So for this entry into the archive, we’ll take a look at this bizarre book, and see what we can learn about its history and possible meaning.
0:00 The Untranslatable Book
1:06 The Artwork
2:33 The Writing
3:35 The Author
4:39 Another Possibility…
5:31 Outro
Sources:
The Actual Manuscript: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046
The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript - Reed Johnson: newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-unread-the-mystery-of-the-voynich-manuscript
History of the Voynich Manuscript - Yale: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary. I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
Images from Wikimedia Commons and Yale University Library (fair use)
♫ Music credit to Hooksounds ♫
#CuriousArchive #VoynichManuscript #Mystery
