Since the document was acquired by rare book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912, no expert has been able to decipher the script: it is not written in any language known to man. The manuscript consists of 104 pages of parchment featuring graceful script and colored images of exotic plants, intricate astrological charts, and naked nymphs. The Beinecke and Sulzer share the rights to release the results, she added. “We were happy as a library to have a chance to do new testing on the manuscript,” Beinecke Assistant Curator of Early Modern Books and Manuscripts Kathryn James said, adding that the testing opportunity helped persuade the Beinecke to work directly with producer Andreas Sulzer. 11, were surprised to find that the manuscript is from the 15th century - at least one century older than previously thought. Beinecke librarians and the makers of “Das Voynich-Rätsel” (“The Voynich Riddle”), an Austrian documentary produced last year and released in English on Feb. But it took collaboration between a Yale library and a team of documentary filmmakers to finally crack one of the document’s mysteries.įor the first time since the documents were donated to the Beinecke in 1969, the library worked directly with a documentary filmmaking team in 2009 to re-examine the papers. The Voynich manuscript in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library has baffled book collectors, scientists, and even expert linguists of the US Military Intelligence Service for centuries.
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