The Voynich Manuscript – Still Unreadable After 600+ Years
I’ve recently done a deep dive into one of the most persistent unsolved mysteries in history: the Voynich Manuscript. It’s a book that has fascinated cryptographers, linguists, historians, and conspiracy theorists alike for over a century. Here’s a full breakdown of what we actually know, the main theories, and why none have held up to serious scrutiny so far.
What is the Voynich Manuscript?
Discovered in 1912 by rare book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in a Jesuit college in Italy, the manuscript is written in an entirely unknown script and illustrated with bizarre images. It’s been carbon-dated to around 1404–1438. The pages contain:
Unidentified plants (none matching known species). Astrological diagrams with suns, moons, and zodiac symbols. Biological imagery, including naked women bathing in green liquid and connected by strange tubes. Pharmaceutical-like illustrations showing jars and roots.Long passages of continuous text with paragraph markers, but no recognizable words or syntax. It’s currently housed in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.
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Dorcus 4 month s ago
#1 why on earth is the word Poison censored twice? later in the description the word poisons is not censored, which allowed me to realize that it was the word poison that was censored ...BUT WHY?
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Marilyn 4 month s ago
Dorcus,
OMG YOU SAID THE P WORD!!!!!
OMG YOU SAID THE P WORD!!!!!
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Adele 4 month s ago
Dorcus,
it's to be ad friendly. Those posts are collected on social media, where every post need to censor words associated with negativity, like war, death, or poison. If they don't do it, they will not be monitized
it's to be ad friendly. Those posts are collected on social media, where every post need to censor words associated with negativity, like war, death, or poison. If they don't do it, they will not be monitized
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Monty 4 month s ago
Why the fuck is the word POISON censored??
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Vicy 4 month s ago
Monty,
Because weak, faggoty Leftists with TDS might consider suicide by poison. And fascist censors know what’s best for them.
Because weak, faggoty Leftists with TDS might consider suicide by poison. And fascist censors know what’s best for them.
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Adele 4 month s ago
Vicy,
touch some grass
touch some grass
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Vester 4 month s ago
Adele,
What does that mean?
What does that mean?
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Dorothy 4 month s ago
Quote: Vester
touch some grass
"Touch some grass" is a slang phrase urging someone to disconnect from the internet and engage with the real world, especially by spending time outdoors. It's a way of telling someone they are spending too much time online and need to ground themselves in physical reality.
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Vester 4 month s ago
Dorothy,
I did not know that. Thank you.
I did not know that. Thank you.
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Beverly 4 month s ago
Monty,
because of free speech. And what that is is deceided by ad companies, obviously.
because of free speech. And what that is is deceided by ad companies, obviously.
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Penelope 4 month s ago
This whole word censoring thing has gotten completely out of hand. It's unhinged.
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Marilyn 4 month s ago
Penelope,
Yeah! I mean this is such **** * ** **** * ** ** * ****** * ***** * * * lollipops and ****** * * ******* * *** * * * * ****** * cat liter!!!! So there!
Yeah! I mean this is such **** * ** **** * ** ** * ****** * ***** * * * lollipops and ****** * * ******* * *** * * * * ****** * cat liter!!!! So there!
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Tiff 4 month s ago
Marilyn, In one place the word high is c******d. It's s****d
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Nervie 4 month s ago
Lol! Yes! It was the conservative right that was fighting tooth and nail to allow curse words on air and in music in the first place.
They insisted that freedom of speech was more important than their values. That music can't corrupt children.
We have the righteous right to thank for it all !!!
They insisted that freedom of speech was more important than their values. That music can't corrupt children.
We have the righteous right to thank for it all !!!
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Riah 4 month s ago
**** ** ******** **** * ****** ****** ***********?
What baffles me is all the ****. Can't even understand what the text says anymore. Saw the first picture, and already done with it. Goodbye, Izismile.
What baffles me is all the ****. Can't even understand what the text says anymore. Saw the first picture, and already done with it. Goodbye, Izismile.
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Nervie 4 month s ago
Riah,
Come now! Izi just copy pastes from.other sources. Its not Izis fault
Come now! Izi just copy pastes from.other sources. Its not Izis fault
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Beverly 4 month s ago
Riah,
izi steals their content honestly from other pages, like everyone else does. You get it for free, so you are forbiddin to complain or even speak up.
This is the way.
(I didn't make it up)
izi steals their content honestly from other pages, like everyone else does. You get it for free, so you are forbiddin to complain or even speak up.
This is the way.
(I didn't make it up)
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Bartel 4 month s ago
Unaliving 
Have we become so weak and fragile that words are disturbing us.
Have we become so weak and fragile that words are disturbing us.
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Beverly 4 month s ago
Bartel,
I think conservative Christians might have.
I think conservative Christians might have.
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Adele 4 month s ago
#20 it's not 'a rifle company', it's the famous Winchester rifle company. The gun that won the West. The famous rifle, featured in every Western movie.
And there's not much mystery here. She was a very rich widow and architecture and interior design were her hobbies. So she designed plans, payed people to build them (she did it not by herself, she was sick and not capable to do heavy work), and if she didn't like the result, she redesigned some parts of the house and had them rebuild. Her goal was the designing and building itself, resulting in this unusual architecture.
The stories about ghosts only came up after her death. They helped turning the site in a tourist attraction.
What kind of 'Dokumentation' did you watch?
And there's not much mystery here. She was a very rich widow and architecture and interior design were her hobbies. So she designed plans, payed people to build them (she did it not by herself, she was sick and not capable to do heavy work), and if she didn't like the result, she redesigned some parts of the house and had them rebuild. Her goal was the designing and building itself, resulting in this unusual architecture.
The stories about ghosts only came up after her death. They helped turning the site in a tourist attraction.
What kind of 'Dokumentation' did you watch?
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Adele 4 month s ago
#26 this is not unusal. Many places are like this: we don't know when or by whom they are founded, but eventually, they are mentioned in old letters or chronicles. This is the usual case on most of the continents.
It's different in colonies (like the americas), where we know exactly who founded a city, when they did it and how many natives they killed in the process.
It's different in colonies (like the americas), where we know exactly who founded a city, when they did it and how many natives they killed in the process.
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Judi 4 month s ago
#3
I remember reading about how on one part of their journey they fly much higher in the air as though avoiding an obstacle (like a mountain) and there isn't anything there, but geologists have found evidence that there was a mountain before the last ice age glaciers wore it down
I remember reading about how on one part of their journey they fly much higher in the air as though avoiding an obstacle (like a mountain) and there isn't anything there, but geologists have found evidence that there was a mountain before the last ice age glaciers wore it down
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Lou 4 month s ago
#12 actually it is believed that they were hit with a rare avalanche that chased them out of their tents and they became disoriented in the snowstorm.
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Lou 4 month s ago
#14 sounds like they went swimming or diving and the boat moved without them being able to reboard it
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Alexander 4 month s ago
#33 is a text written in wingdings font saying “People do not understand exactly how important clean air and fresh drinking water sources really are to life.”...
OMG YOU SAID THE P WORD!!!!!
it's to be ad friendly. Those posts are collected on social media, where every post need to censor words associated with negativity, like war, death, or poison. If they don't do it, they will not be monitized
Because weak, faggoty Leftists with TDS might consider suicide by poison. And fascist censors know what’s best for them.
touch some grass
What does that mean?
touch some grass
"Touch some grass" is a slang phrase urging someone to disconnect from the internet and engage with the real world, especially by spending time outdoors. It's a way of telling someone they are spending too much time online and need to ground themselves in physical reality.
I did not know that. Thank you.
because of free speech. And what that is is deceided by ad companies, obviously.
Yeah! I mean this is such **** * ** **** * ** ** * ****** * ***** * * * lollipops and ****** * * ******* * *** * * * * ****** * cat liter!!!! So there!
They insisted that freedom of speech was more important than their values. That music can't corrupt children.
We have the righteous right to thank for it all !!!
What baffles me is all the ****. Can't even understand what the text says anymore. Saw the first picture, and already done with it. Goodbye, Izismile.
Come now! Izi just copy pastes from.other sources. Its not Izis fault
izi steals their content honestly from other pages, like everyone else does. You get it for free, so you are forbiddin to complain or even speak up.
This is the way.
(I didn't make it up)
Have we become so weak and fragile that words are disturbing us.
I think conservative Christians might have.
And there's not much mystery here. She was a very rich widow and architecture and interior design were her hobbies. So she designed plans, payed people to build them (she did it not by herself, she was sick and not capable to do heavy work), and if she didn't like the result, she redesigned some parts of the house and had them rebuild. Her goal was the designing and building itself, resulting in this unusual architecture.
The stories about ghosts only came up after her death. They helped turning the site in a tourist attraction.
What kind of 'Dokumentation' did you watch?
It's different in colonies (like the americas), where we know exactly who founded a city, when they did it and how many natives they killed in the process.
I remember reading about how on one part of their journey they fly much higher in the air as though avoiding an obstacle (like a mountain) and there isn't anything there, but geologists have found evidence that there was a mountain before the last ice age glaciers wore it down