Historical figure

Wilfrid Voynich

1865 – 1930

Book collector and manuscript dealer Early 20th century Poland

Book dealer born in Lithuania who purchased a mysterious manuscript in 1912 from a Jesuit college in Italy. The manuscript later became known by his name.

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Archive
Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · Yale University · n.d. Discussed in The Voynich Manuscript: An Unread 15th Century Book
Journal
What We Know About the Voynich Manuscript Sravana Reddy dan Kevin Knight · Proceedings of the 5th ACL-HLT Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage · 2011 Discussed in The Voynich Manuscript: An Unread 15th Century Book
Book
The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma M. E. D'Imperio · Aegean Park Press · 1978 Discussed in The Voynich Manuscript: An Unread 15th Century Book

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Mysteries & Unsolved

The Voynich Manuscript: An Unread 15th Century Book

The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most puzzling artifacts in book history. It is housed at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, as MS…

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