The Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript

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This is interesting & strange!:confused: :smiley:

Fogmage,

Very strange indeed! One of my supervisors during my postgraduate studies was heavily involved in working on the Voynich Manuscript.

After having a look at a couple of his papers on it I decided that my brain was already struggling quite well enough with my own work thank you very much! :smiley:

Aha! Thereโ€™s the answer. This is clearly a draft manuscript for Dr. Seussโ€™ Happy Birthday to You.

Funny you should mention that, because I remember as a child feeling oddly disturbed by the idea of that little kid bathing naked with the big goofy bird thing.

I remember having read that the most likely explanation was that the manuscript has been written deliberatly to appear mysterious in order to sell it for a good price to a guillible lover of arcane lore (the emperor Rudolf). That explanation makes a lot of sense to me.