The still impenetrable ciphers: from voynich manuscript to sator magic square
“No, Captain; all codes invented by humans are capable of being deciphered by humans.” This is what Edgar Allan Poe wrote in the story “The Gold Beetle” and in most situations it is correct. Yet, there still exist today a series of messages and encrypted texts, of different origins, which for centuries have been waiting for someone capable of revealing their meaning.
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· 24 Apr 2024
At the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, in the United States, is preserved a 204-page volume, written and illustrated by hand on calf parchment. The book has been radiocarbon dated between 1404 and 1438. An extraordinary object to browse, but one that has proved a torment for scholars. No one has yet managed to understand what language it is written in and why it depicts a series of plants and flowers never seen before, as well as obscure cosmological and astronomical representations. It is no coincidence that it has been called "the most mysterious book in the world". Wilfrid Voynich, an American rare book de...