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The friar and the cipher
Roger Bacon and the unsolved mystery of the most unusual manuscript in the world
By Goldstone, Lawrence & Bacon, Roger & Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon
- ISBN
- 978-0-76791-473-4
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday : 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2005
In 1912, Wilfred Voynich, an English bookseller, discovered a 13th-century manuscript that contained hundreds of illustrations and a text completely in cipher. Since then, the Voynich Manuscript has been the focus for many scholars, cryptologists, and lovers of mysteries, especially after it was discovered that its probable author was Roger Bacon, the medieval writer, scientist, and mystic. The Goldstones, expe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
