New Research on the Voynich Manuscript: Proceedings of a Seminar

The Voynich manuscript is famous among enthusiasts of arcana, rare books, and cryptography. It is a 200+ page color rare book written in a cipher that has resisted decryption to this day. It is named after a Polish rare book dealer who surfaced the manuscript in 1912. Its history and provenance are uncertain. Many people have been proposed as possible authors, among them Roger Bacon, John Dee or Edward Kelley, Giovanni Fontana, and Voynich. This 80-page book contains the proceedings of a one-day seminar on the Voynich manuscript, held in Washington, DC on 30 November 1976, notable for the prominence of personnel of the National Security Agency, which was at the time even more deeply shrouded in secrecy than it remains today. The contents include: General Introduction. Very Filby, Sponsor. Introductory Remarks. M.E. D'Imperio, Moderator. A Linguistic Approach to the Voynich Text. James Child. Some Important New Statistical Findings. Capt. Prescott Currier. Suggestions Toward a Decipher