Diverse The Voynich Manuskript Fachbücher von Deborah E. Harkness, Raymond Clemens

The Voynich Manuscript

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its beguiling, beautiful strangeness."--Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe "For people who like a good historical mystery, this . . . fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will fascinate."--Rebecca Onion, Slate 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 the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. The book's language has eluded deciphering, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful. For the first time, this facsimile, complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind "Voynichese" text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants, unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though fantastical tubes and green baths. The essays that accompany the manuscript explain what we have learned about this work--from alchemical, cryptographic, forensic, and historical perspectives--but they provide few definitive answers. Instead, as New York Times best-selling author Deborah Harkness says in her introduction, the book "invites the reader to join us at the heart of the mystery."

Entdecken Sie das geheimnisvollste Manuskript der Welt. Viele nennen den im 15. Jahrhundert verfassten Kodex, der allgemein als Voynich-Manuskript bekannt ist, das geheimnisvollste Buch der Welt. Geschrieben in einer unbekannten Schrift von einem unbekannten Autor, hat das Manuskript heute keinen klareren Zweck als bei seiner Wiederentdeckung im Jahr 1912 durch den Antiquar Wilfrid Voynich. Das Manuskript taucht in der Geschichte auf und verschwindet wieder, von der Bibliothek des Heiligen Römischen Kaisers Rudolf II. bis zu einem geheimen Buchverkauf im Jahr 1903 durch die Gesellschaft Jesu in Rom. Die Sprache des Buches entzieht sich der Entzifferung, und seine aufwendigen Illustrationen sind ebenso rätselhaft wie schön. Zum ersten Mal ermöglicht dieses Faksimile, das mit aufwendigen Faltabschnitten ausgestattet ist, den Lesern, dieses Rätsel in all seinen atemberaubenden Details zu erkunden, von seinem einzigartigen Voynichesischen Text bis hin zu seinen Illustrationen von anderenweltlichen Pflanzen, unbekannten Sternbildern und nackten Frauen, die durch fantastische Röhren und grüne Bäder schwimmen. Die Begleitessays zum Manuskript erklären, was wir über dieses Werk gelernt haben – aus alchemistischen, kryptografischen, forensischen und historischen Perspektiven – bieten jedoch nur wenige endgültige Antworten. Stattdessen lädt das Buch, wie die Bestsellerautorin der New York Times, Deborah Harkness, in ihrer Einleitung sagt, den Leser ein, uns ins Herz des Geheimnisses zu begleiten.

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its beguiling, beautiful strangeness."--Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe "For people who like a good historical mystery, this . . . fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will fascinate."--Rebecca Onion, Slate 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 the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. The book's language has eluded deciphering, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful. For the first time, this facsimile, complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind "Voynichese" text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants, unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though fantastical tubes and green baths. The essays that accompany the manuscript explain what we have learned about this work--from alchemical, cryptographic, forensic, and historical perspectives--but they provide few definitive answers. Instead, as New York Times best-selling author Deborah Harkness says in her introduction, the book "invites the reader to join us at the heart of the mystery."