# The Voynich Manuscript

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**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voynich-manuscript/92143 "2001-11-08T05:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voynich-manuscript/92143/1 "2001-11-08T05:16:53Z")

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Has anyone heard of this?

[The Voynich Manuscript](http://www.voynich.nu/)

Dating from at least 1639 and has never been translated.  
Any new dope on it?

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**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voynich-manuscript/92143/2 "2001-11-08T05:36:03Z")

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It gets some play in documentaries about cryptography from time to time. I think I have also seen it in a documentary about buried treasure and maybe faked manuscripts. If it’s been run by the NSA guys and they can’t figure it, I suspect that it is gibberish by someone who could draw but not write.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voynich-manuscript/92143/3 "2001-11-08T13:05:52Z")

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It says,

“All your base are belong to us.”

:: d & c ::