For 600 years the Voynich manuscript has remained a mystery. Now we think it’s partly about sex
- Written by: Keagan Brewer, Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
Yale University LibraryThe Voynich manuscript has long puzzled and fascinated historians and the public. This late-medieval document is covered in illustrations of stars and planets, plants, zodiac symbols, naked women, and blue and green fluids. But the text itself – thought to be the work of five different scribes – is enciphered and...