The library that holds the undeciphered Voynich Manuscript as MS 408. Images of every page of the manuscript are available online.
Sighting & Incident Site
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
| Encyclopedia | Voynich Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Location | United States New Haven |
| Type of place | Historic site or landmark |
| Map position | Approximate position (City, rounded to about 10 km), not the exact place |
A 15th-century manuscript filled with writing no one can read and strange illustrations of plants that do not exist and naked women. Discovered by the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912, it remains undeciphered despite theories of a cipher, an artificial language or a hoax.