"You're soaking in it."
"Dishwashing liquid?!?"
Posted on 04/17/2024 10:07:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
This late-medieval document is covered in illustrations of stars and planets, plants, zodiac symbols, naked women, and blue and green fluids. But the text itself – thought to be the work of five different scribes – is enciphered and yet to be understood.
In an article published in Social History of Medicine, my coauthor Michelle L. Lewis and I propose that sex is one of the subjects detailed in the manuscript – and that the largest diagram represents both sex and conception.Late-medieval sexology and gynaecologyResearch on the Voynich manuscript has revealed some clues about its origins. Carbon dating provides a 95% probability the skins used to make the manuscript come from animals that died between 1404 and 1438.
However, its earliest securely known owner was an associate of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who lived from 1552 to 1612, which leaves more than a century of ownership missing.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
The Voynich Manuscript has baffled cryptographers and historians alike for 600 years.
Its strange drawings and coded text have led some to claim it contains magic spells or even alien secrets.
But now, experts say the world's most mysterious text actually contains medieval sex secrets deemed too dangerous to read.
Lead author Dr Keagan Brewer of Macquarie University says this encrypted text actually holds censored information on sex, contraception, and gynaecology.Has the world's most mysterious text finally been cracked? Experts claim 600-year-old Voynich manuscript contains medieval SEX secrets | Wiliam Hunter | 17 April 2024 | Daily Mail
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"You're soaking in it."
"Dishwashing liquid?!?"
Most likely a fake document made in the 19th or early 20th Century.
Indeed, it is possible to simply take older skins - e.g., from animals that died between 1404 and 1438 - and then write on them, thus creating the illusion that the text, itself, is likewise old.
However, its earliest securely known owner was an associate of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who lived from 1552 to 1612, which leaves more than a century of ownership missing.
That, however, would seem to corroborate its antiquity.
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Few years ago I bought a copy in hardback form with all the illustrations in color as they were originally. It’s a very mysterious manuscript. Defies any kind of attempt to decode it on my para and so this article is very interesting. I wonder if they are on the right trail here. Very well thought out.
I just wish the originator of the manuscript had employed a better artist. Those women are awful to look at.
The illustration of the two women that are illustrated separately, and with the statement underneath, “ Women illustrated in the manuscript are shown holding unidentified objects towards their genitalia. (Yale University Library)” seem NOT to be holding ‘unidentified objects toward their genitalis’ but toward their back ends. Female genitalia is in the front. I don’t know how that can be interpreted as it is.
We expect ancient wisdom on manuscripts that are thousands of years old, so we spend inordinate amounts of money translating the scrolls.
All they are all about is sex or what they had for breakfast.
Falls in to the “who cares” category. Don’t need a manual to figure it out.
I still say that the manuscript is just a big ad for Ovaltine.
Interpreting the Voynich manuscript through the lens of Marxist Feminism?
Why not.
It’s like the old saying, if the only tool you have is a vagina, the whole world looks like d!cks.
Patriarchy my white Irish arse.
which leaves more than a century of ownership missing.
Maybe it took the scribes that long to dream it up and come up with the artwork and language.I get a feeling like it was done by Fras Beavis and Butthead [heh hehheh] over a couple generations.
You (Rooster) Can you translate what it in this image?
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The image you’ve provided appears to contain text from the Voynich Manuscript, a famous medieval document known for its mysterious and undeciphered script. Unfortunately, the content of the Voynich Manuscript has not been translated due to its unique and unknown language. Scholars and cryptographers have attempted to decode it for years without success. Therefore, I’m unable to provide a translation for the text in the image. If you have any other questions or need assistance with different content, feel free to ask!
You Do you think AI will be able to translate the Vonich Manuscript?
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The Voynich Manuscript, a 15th-century codex filled with mysterious illustrations and text, has long puzzled scholars and cryptographers. Its unknown script and language have resisted decipherment for centuries. However, recent attempts involving artificial intelligence (AI) have shed some light on this enigmatic book:
AI Decoding Efforts:
Researchers from the University of Alberta used AI algorithms to analyze the Voynich Manuscript. They initially believed it was written in Arabic, but their AI analysis of letter frequency suggested it might be Hebrew.
The team hypothesized that the words were alphagrams, where letters are shuffled and vowels dropped. When unscrambled, 80% of the resulting words matched the Hebrew dictionary.
Translation Challenges:
The deciphered text, however, did not form coherent sentences.
After fixing spelling errors and using Google Translate, they obtained a readable but nonsensical phrase: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house, and me and people.”
Another section included words like “farmer,” “light,” “air,” and “fire.”
Skepticism and Challenges:
Voynich scholars remain skeptical of these results. Medievalists argue that using Google Translate instead of consulting a Hebrew scholar may not yield accurate translations.
The Voynich Manuscript remains one of humanity’s greatest mysteries, inviting further investigation and debate. In summary, while AI has made intriguing progress, the full translation of the Voynich Manuscript continues to elude us, leaving its secrets intact.
There are no more sex secrets. All of the “secrets“ were figured out a long time ago.
For the purposes of this thread, this article is adequate. Not scholarly, but, good for discussion.
While it would be a tertiary source, it does have a good bibliography.
The section on the Hoax is down the page a bit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript#cite_note-Zandbergen-origin-of-ms-8
Oooooh! My view about the text is that it was the product of madness, so it isn’t a coherent text. But it is obviously compelling enough to a series of fascinated owners to make its way through more than 400 years.
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