In the library for rare books at Yale University, what is the name of Item MS 408 and what is the story behind it?

casperone123

Voynich manuscript. Supposedly written over 400 yrs ago,it is completely undecypherable by everyone who has tried to translate it,even top codebreakers. http://webtext.library.yale.edu/beinflat/pre1600.ms408.htm Jun 14 06, 6:08 PM

gdec1

The Voynich Manuscript is one of a kind. No other examples of the language are known to exist. http://www.themediadesk.com/newfiles3/ms408.htm Jun 14 06, 6:10 PM

teash

The Voynich "Roger Bacon" Cipher Manuscript. Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes of the illustrations seem to represent topics known to have interested Bacon. Although several scholars have claimed decipherments of the manuscript, for the most part the text remains an unsolved puzzle. http://webtext.library.yale.edu/beinflat/pre1600.ms408.htm Jun 14 06, 6:12 PM

lanfranco

There are, indeed, some good reasons to believe that this manuscript, owned by the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale since 1969, is a hoax, but this is a good, clear, systematic site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_Manuscript Jun 14 06, 6:22 PM

zbeckabee

If anyone is interested...on lanfranco's link--clear at the bottom--the SECOND external link has copies of the manuscript... http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/SearchExecXC.asp?srchtype=CNO Jun 14 06, 6:51 PM