Skip to comments.
Breakthrough over 600-year-old mystery manuscript [Voynich]
BBC ^
| February 18, 2014
| Nic Rigby
Posted on 02/23/2014 6:43:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
The 15th Century Voynich Manuscript has been described as the world's most mysterious book written in a complex code, an unknown language or simply a hoax
1
posted on
02/23/2014 6:43:08 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: Greysard; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Greysard! An update. And here's an interesting caption from one of the photogs:
Inside the book there was a letter thought to be dated to 1666. It claimed the book once belonged to the Emperor Rudolf II, a member of the house of Habsburg, known to be a patron of artists and scientists
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage;
godsgravesglyphs;
voynichmanuscript
2
posted on
02/23/2014 6:46:11 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
Not so much a hoax as a whimsical prank.
3
posted on
02/23/2014 6:50:40 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Worthia remusng dorplat igmungium. Dowtop soldera ya de manga
4
posted on
02/23/2014 7:00:57 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: bert
5
posted on
02/23/2014 7:02:54 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: bert
Ah yes.... the Doo-Wop soldiers of Manga.
6
posted on
02/23/2014 7:04:53 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Apparently Ovaltine was originally made from many exotic herbs.
To: bert
8
posted on
02/23/2014 7:05:28 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: bert
9
posted on
02/23/2014 7:09:20 AM PST
by
tomkat
( a million tiny cuts per day .. make one)
To: BenLurkin
What I had read in a different article recently was that many of the plants depicted in the book were recognized as Mexican, and the language was found to be an obscure Aztec dialect. The speculation was that the manuscript was likely written by a native convert soon after the Conquest.
10
posted on
02/23/2014 7:14:55 AM PST
by
PUGACHEV
To: BenLurkin
Not so much. During the time period that this was written in, seeking secret knowledge was often frowned upon and even persecuted. Those who still sought to seek the unknown would create secret codes that weren’t easily broken.
So while this particular book may not have been that important in the realm of the sciences, it may have been done to protect what the author discovered that was previously unknown.
11
posted on
02/23/2014 7:24:17 AM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SunkenCiv
“scholars and cryptographers have studied the document but have failed to find meaning in the text.”
Then why bother
12
posted on
02/23/2014 7:24:45 AM PST
by
amnestynone
(Lindsey Graham is feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing Corksucker.)
To: SunkenCiv
The 15th Century Voynich Manuscript has been described as the world's most mysterious book written in a complex code, an unknown language or simply a hoax it's... it's a cookbook!
Joking aside, an interesting mystery that I read about several years ago. Thanks for posting.
13
posted on
02/23/2014 7:25:42 AM PST
by
Jed Eckert
(Wolverines!!)
To: FReepers
Insure FR's Future!
Become A Monthly Donor
Click The Pic To Donate
14
posted on
02/23/2014 7:30:19 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: amnestynone
I had that reaction reading your post.
15
posted on
02/23/2014 7:33:40 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: PUGACHEV
16
posted on
02/23/2014 7:35:15 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Jed Eckert
17
posted on
02/23/2014 7:36:33 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Jed Eckert
18
posted on
02/23/2014 7:37:19 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
Sorry, I wrote this while drunk in a small bar in France. I didn’t realize anyone would take it seriously.
19
posted on
02/23/2014 7:41:01 AM PST
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: Flick Lives
Klingon?I don't know...looks like High Valyrian to me.
20
posted on
02/23/2014 7:48:22 AM PST
by
sima_yi
( Reporting live from the far North)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson