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Voynich Manuscript

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The Resume

    15th Century manuscript containing mysterious pictures, symbols, and writing that has never been decoded
    Author, exact year of publication and original language has never been determined
    Some features include; illustrations of unknown plants, no punctuation or page numbering
    Named after an antiques dealer who bought it in the early twentieth century
    Presently housed at Yale University.
    Believed to be some type of chemistry/medical/pharmaceutical manual

Why Voynich Manuscript might be annoying:

    Despite centuries of study by the world's best cryptologists, no one has even come close to decoding a single word in it.
    It may be an elaborate hoax.
    Although at present it is 240 pages long it is estimated as many as 32 pages are missing and the exact sequence of the pages is unclear.
    Even the type of code/cipher is unknown.
    Some suggestions include; it being written by a mentally ill person or a religious person writing down glossalia or speaking in tongues.

Why Voynich Manuscript might not be annoying:

    Due to some internal consistences and its complexities, few experts give credit to the hoax theory.
    Whoever wrote it deserves credit for being able to outwit modern cryptologists and their computers centuries before they existed.
    It has pictures of naked women in it.
    A cottage industry and whole school of thought has sprung up around it.
    Thought everybody back in the 'Dark Ages' was dumb huh? So you translate it.
    Whoever does translate it will have some serious bragging rights.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 88.46% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 93 Votes: 58.06% Annoying