The Voynich manuscript is a centuries-old book written in an unknown script no one has deciphered.

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Literature

Why it matters

The idea in context

Filled with strange plants and diagrams, it has defeated codebreakers for over a century — and may be an elaborate hoax or a lost language.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Voynich el yazması, kimsenin çözemediği bilinmeyen bir yazıyla yazılmış yüzyıllık bir kitaptır.

Tuhaf bitkiler ve diyagramlarla dolu olan eser, bir yüzyıldan uzun süredir şifre çözücüleri yendi — ayrıntılı bir aldatmaca ya da kayıp bir dil olabilir.

Source trail

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Background reading: Voynich manuscriptAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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