Scientists around the world will be able to take part in deciphering one of the most mysterious manuscripts - the Voynich manuscript.
A small Spanish publishing company will make 898 exact copies of the Voynich manuscript. She hopes that this will help scientists around the world uncover the secret of this document, which has been indecipherable for more than a century, reports the Daily Mail.
The Spanish company Siloe received the right to create copies of one of the most mysterious documents in the history of mankind - the Voynich manuscript. Found in 1912 in an Italian monastery and named after Wilfried Voynich, who acquired it, it still hasn't been deciphered.
The document is 240 pages of thin parchment and is filled with drawings of nonexistent plants and animals and text written in an unknown language.
It is assumed that exact copies will be sold to scientists from different countries and will help researchers decipher the codex. A total of 898 copies will be made, which are expected to sell for about $ 8.5 thousand per copy.
The publishers say they have already received 300 pre-orders for the edition. Currently, the Voynich manuscript is kept in the Beinecke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Yale University (USA).
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Based on the results of radiocarbon analysis of four fragments of the manuscript, chemist and archaeometrist at the University of Arizona, Greg Hodgins, determined that the parchment for the manuscript was cut between 1404 and 1438 during the Early Renaissance. The only realistic depiction of the city in the document is with a dovetail-type fortress wall, popular in Italy in the 15th century. The identity of the manuscript's creator has not been established.
Until now, neither the manuscript itself, nor any of its parts have been deciphered.