Unraveling the Voynich Codex

• Main Authors: Janick, Jules (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tucker, Arthur O. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Fascinating Life Sciences,
• Subjects: Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; History.; Natural language processing (Computer science).; Animal systematics.; Animal taxonomy.; Archaeology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Popular Science in History.; Natural Language Processing (NLP).; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time. The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an It...

Table of Contents:

• INTRODUCTION
• FOREWORD
• PART I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOYNICH CODEX
• The Voynich Manuscript
• Description of Manuscript. Historical Context
• PART II. EVIDENCE OF MESOAMERICAN ORIGINS
• Phytomorph and Mineral Identification
• Plants as the Rosetta Stone for Decipherment
• Zoomorph Identification
• Nymphs and Ritual Bathing
• Zodiac
• Astronomical Images
• Kabbalah Map of Motolinia's Angelopolis
• PART III. DECIPHERMENT
• Cryptological Analyses
• Relation to MesoAmerican Languages
• Progress and Problems in Decipherment. PART IV. THE AUTHOR/ARTIST
• Portrait of the Artist/Author
• Voynich Codex Claimans. Conjecutures, Conclusions, and Future Studies.