The Voynich Manuscript

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In this video we explore the unsolved enigma that is the Voynich Manuscript, and its often equally bizarre history. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A/join Help support us elsewhere at: https://www.patreon.com/thehistocrat https://twitter.com/The_Histocrat https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social Many thanks to Lucas King for allowing the use of his song 'Pain' for this episode. You can find the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujVJ0M4k_E Special thanks to Miquel Casacuberta for contributing English and Catalan subtitles. Online Sources: https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3519597 - Yale University's digital repository for the manuscript. https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3547428 - Yale University's digital repository for letter correspondence related to the manuscript. https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/voynich_analysis.pdf - Detailed chemical analysis of the manuscript. http://www.voynich.nu/index.html - René Zandbergen's website on the Voynich manuscript, and the source of many of the images in this video. http://philipneal.net/voynichsources/ - The main source for the letter translations given in this video. http://www.voynich.nu/extra/carbon.html - Carbon dating of manuscript from Voynich.nu. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofco3431coll#page/414/mode/2up - Voynich and Newbold's 1921 presentations on the manuscript. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/2848508 - Manly's paper is hidden behind a paywall. If you want a copy hit me up on twitter and I can send the pdf. https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/friedman-documents/correspondence/ACC47111/41771079081016.pdf - Friedman's letter discussing the manuscript's location and valuation. http://www.esotericarchives.com/soyga/Book_of_Soyga_8x10.pdf - The Book of Soyga. https://archive.org/details/privatediaryofdr00deejuoft - The Private Diary of John Dee. http://www.voynich.nu/extra/inventory.html - Inventory of Rudolf's museum. “Suonatore di Liuto” “Teller of the Tales” “Ossuary 1 - A Beginning” “Evening Fall Harp” “Gymnopedie No 1 & 3” “Despair and Triumph” & “Passing time” by Kevin MacLeod are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com/