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Researchers claim the Voynich manuscript was bound wrong
Original: A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue that the Voynich manuscript, a medieval text that has baffled scholars for centuries, may have been bound incorrectly, radically changing how its mysterious drawings and indecipherable script should be read. The claim suggests earlier interpretations of the famous manuscript could be based on pages arranged in the wrong order, reopening debate over one of history's most puzzling books.
Why now: A new claim challenges long-standing assumptions about one of the world's most famous unsolved mysteries.
Voynich manuscriptThe Guardian
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- A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time? · The Guardian
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
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