Voynich manuscript decoded 2020 code#
When the code was broken in 2011, in part through computer analysis, the book turned out to be the work of an 18th-century German secret society called the Oculist Order, and included details of their initiation ritual. Known from two copies in Germany, this once mysterious book consists of 105 pages of writing that mixes symbols with Greek and Roman letters.
Voynich manuscript decoded 2020 cracked#
If Hannig has indeed broken the unbreakable code, the Voynich Manuscript will join the list of other centuries-old encoded books that have been cracked in recent years. Pages from the Copiale Cipher, decoded in 2011 using computer anaylsis, which turned out to be the work of an 18th-century German secret society called the Oculist Order But in 2020, the German Egyptologist Rainer Hannig announced that he had cracked the code: the Voynich Manuscript’s language, he argues, is based on Hebrew. Computer analysis has also indicated that a real language is encoded within the Voynich symbols, with a Germanic dialect and proto-Romance among the possibilities raised.
And according to radiocarbon dating, it was created sometime in the first half of the 15th century-although nobody knows where. Was the book created by Leonardo Da Vinci, who was known to write in a mirror code? Does it show plants from Mexico? Is it simply gibberish? All of these theories are unlikely, yet all three-and many more-have been argued over for years as people seek to crack the Voynich’s code.What we can say is that across the manuscript’s 234 vellum pages, the content appears to be divided into various themes, from botany and biology, to astronomy and pharmaceutical drawings.
Filled with unreadable words in an invented script, and illustrated with plants, fantastic creatures, astronomical symbols and nude bathing women, it has intrigued researchers intent on unlocking its secrets for generations. Held in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Voynich Manuscript is often said to be one of the world’s most mysterious books. ART NEWS Fascinated by the Voynich Manuscript? Here are some other mysterious manuscripts you can decode