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I'm not sure that "hoax" is the right word for it. The vellum's been radiocarbon dated to early 15th century, and the illustrations suggest a similar time per
by DonaldFisk 10y ago
I'm not sure that "hoax" is the right word for it. The vellum's been radiocarbon dated to early 15th century, and the illustrations suggest a similar time period. So that rules out a hoax.
The question is whether the text contains any meaningful encoded information, or is completely meaningless.
- Nursie 10y agoWell, it rules out a more recent hoax. I would consider a book produced in the early 15th century that deliberately contained.nothing of use to be something of a hoax. A magician's prop, for instance. There's another question of whether, even if information was once encoded in there, it is recoverable. Either because of some sort of hash-like function applied to the data, or just because there's not enough to go on. It's certainly intriguing.
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- sbierwagen 10y agoSome prominent forgeries have used both old media with old ink. Radiocarbon dating only proves the age of a substance, it doesn't prove when ink was applied to paper.
- DonaldFisk 10y agoIt was referred to in a letter written in 1639: http://www.voynich.nu/letters.html http://www.voynich.nu/letters.html