Voynich Manuskript
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272 pp
– Overall representation of all panels of the wonderfully illuminated medieval manuscript
– The most mysterious art book in history has not yet been deciphered
– An enlightening essay introduces history and interpretation
The Voynich manuscript (named after Wilfrid Michael Voynich, who acquired the manuscript in 1912) is a handwritten medieval document that is said to have once been in the possession of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
The manuscript is still a mystery in terms of content. It contains floral and anatomical as well as cosmological, biological and pharmaceutical departments with wonderful illustrations that cannot be assigned geographically beyond doubt; the typeface is even more puzzling: since its discovery in 1912, no one has succeeded in deciphering the text. At regular intervals, someone reports the decryption, which always proves to be scientifically untenable. Some folded arc gaps in the pagination show that pages have been removed.
"The Voynich Manuscript" shows the entire surviving manuscript with all carefully crafted drawings and the text that cannot be deciphered. On the basis of numerous detailed illustrations and close-ups, its beauty can be rediscovered once again.
An essay by Vera Pache introduces the work, through the use of graphic elements the reader is guided through the book. In his essay, Klaus Schmeh explains the most important attempts at decryption over the past 100 years.
The original is listed under catalogue number MS 408 in the holdings of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University.
272 pp
– Overall representation of all panels of the wonderfully illuminated medieval manuscript
– The most mysterious art book in history has not yet been deciphered
– An enlightening essay introduces history and interpretation
The Voynich manuscript (named after Wilfrid Michael Voynich, who acquired the manuscript in 1912) is a handwritten medieval document that is said to have once been in the possession of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
The manuscript is still a mystery in terms of content. It contains floral and anatomical as well as cosmological, biological and pharmaceutical departments with wonderful illustrations that cannot be assigned geographically beyond doubt; the typeface is even more puzzling: since its discovery in 1912, no one has succeeded in deciphering the text. At regular intervals, someone reports the decryption, which always proves to be scientifically untenable. Some folded arc gaps in the pagination show that pages have been removed.
"The Voynich Manuscript" shows the entire surviving manuscript with all carefully crafted drawings and the text that cannot be deciphered. On the basis of numerous detailed illustrations and close-ups, its beauty can be rediscovered once again.
An essay by Vera Pache introduces the work, through the use of graphic elements the reader is guided through the book. In his essay, Klaus Schmeh explains the most important attempts at decryption over the past 100 years.
The original is listed under catalogue number MS 408 in the holdings of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University.
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