The Voynich manuscript / edited by Raymond Clemens ; with an introduction by Deborah Harkness.
The Voynich manuscript / edited by Raymond Clemens ; with an introduction by Deborah Harkness.
The Voynich manuscript / edited by Raymond Clemens ; with an introduction by Deborah Harkness.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
New Haven : Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in association with Yale University Press, [2016]
Uniform title
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/282
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 240 unnumbered pages, 66 pages : colour illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 31 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction / Deborah Harkness -- Preface / Raymond Clemens -- The Voynich Manuscript -- Earliest owners / René Zandbergen -- Voynich the Buyer / Arnold Hunt -- Physical findings / Paula Zyats [and five others] -- Cryptographic attempts / William Sherman -- Alchemical traditions /Jennifer M. Rampl...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in association with Yale University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the "Voynich Manuscript," the world's most mysterious book. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from t...
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Full title
The Voynich manuscript / edited by Raymond Clemens ; with an introduction by Deborah Harkness.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Introduction and essays in English; manuscript text In unidentified cipher.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2016.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/282
Record Identifier
74VKV6MzBNK3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV6MzBNK3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780300217230 (hardback)
DDC
025.341
MMS ID
991024020718702626
