[Update 10/14/2013 See comment below.] The latest New Yorker has an article about the Voynich manuscript by Reed Johnson. The article helpfully reviews the provenance (some of it possibly putative) as well as the modern history and reception of the very strange manuscript. In one throw-away line, Johnson notes that some people have questioned whether… Continue reading The Voynich Manuscript and Fakery
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