VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT HARDCOVER, BLANK - $399.99 VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT THICK SOFT COVER WITH “VOYNICH” STAMPED - $299.99 EVERYTHING IS HAND-STITCHED, AND BOUND TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE PIECE OF CUSTOM-PICKED LEATHER.Ģ08 PAGES PRINTED FROM HIGH-DEFINITION SCANS OF THE ORIGINAL THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM HIGH-DEF SCANS OF THE ORIGINAL PIECE. WE HAVE TAKEN IMMENSE CARE TO MATCH AUTHENTICITY. THE ORIGINAL VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT IS MADE FROM COSTLY VELLUM. ITS WHEREABOUTS ONLY BEING CONJECTURE UNTIL IT ENDED UP IN VOYNICH’S POSSESSION WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL HIS DEATH, IT EXCHANGED HANDS ONLY A FEW MORE TIMES UNTIL 1969, WHEN IT WAS DONATED TO THE YALE UNIVERSITY, WHERE IT REMAINS TODAY. THE MANUSCRIPT WAS SOLD SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE 17TH CENTURY. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH BY SCHOLARS, CORRESPONDENCES WERE DISCOVERED FROM THE 17TH CENTURY NAMING THE FIRST KNOWN OWNER OF THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT GEORG BARESCH, AN ALCHEMIST FROM PRAGUE. IT WAS HEAVILY DEBATED THAT THE MANUSCRIPT WAS A HOAX BY VOYNICH, GIVING THE MANUSCRIPT ITS NAME. THE MANUSCRIPT GAINED ITS NOTORIETY IN 1912 WHEN A POLISH DEALER OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS NAMED WILFRED VOYNICH PURCHASED THE MANUSCRIPT FROM THE JESUITS AT THE VILLA MONDRAGONE IN ITALY. 500 YEARS TO THIS DAY, THE TRUE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF THE MANUSCRIPT REMAINS A MYSTERY TO THE WORLD. THIS MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF HISTORY IS ILLUSTRATED IN A MYSTERIOUS SECRET CODE, WHICH HAS BEEN STUDIED BY AMERICAN AND BRITISH CODE-BREAKERS, CRYPTOGRAPHERS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE FAILED TO DECIPHER THE DOCUMENT. HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY. AUTHOR: UNKNOWN LANGUAGE: UNKNOWN DATE: 1490 EST.
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