Transcription of the Voynich Manuscript

                  Transcription of the Voynich Manuscript


David Kahn describes the history of the Voynich Manuscript in "The

Codebreakers", pp. 863ff.  It is written in a mysterious script, and has

defied solution by some of the most accomplished cryptanalysts in the

world.  There have been several purported breaks, including one rather

recent one, but none has been widely accepted.  The attached transcription

was done by Mary D'Imperio, author of "The Voynich Manuscript:  An Elegant

Enigma" (1978), the most detailed and scholarly study to date of this

document (reprint available from Aegean Park Press).  It uses Prescott

Currier's notation, which is described in her monograph.


To connect you quickly with it, here is an example from the middle.  These

are the first few lines of the example given on page 865 of "The

Codebreakers."


15201B 4CPC89/ZC89/4OPOE/O8AE/SAE/8AD/4OBZC89/4OPC89/4OPC89/4OFC89/8AE-

15202B CEZC89/4OEZCC89/49RS2/98CC89/OFC89/EZC89/SR/Z8AE/SC89/4OEF9-

15203B 4/FCCC9/ZC89/4OFCC89/4O89FC9/4OFC89/2ZCC89/PA3/ZCOE/PCC89/9R9-

15204B 8SCOE/FZC9/4OESZ9/SCOE/OESC89/OES2/OEZCC89/4OFC89/SC89-

15205B PSC8AR/AEAN/SCX9/2AE/ZC89/4OFAE/SC89/4OFC89/4OE/ZC89/EOE-


152 is the page number, 01-05 are line numbers, and B signifies that it's

written in the second (of 2) different handwriting styles.  Slashes

separate words, - indicates the end of the line.  Note that the isolated

words scattered through the pictures at the top are not transcribed.


If you use this work in your analysis, please be sure to give credit to

D'Imperio for this transcription.



Jim Gillogly

jim@rand.org

18 Nov 1991


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