An edition of The Friar and the Cipher (2005)
The Friar and the Cipher
Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
By Lawrence Goldstone
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Publish Date
February 15, 2005
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
eng
Pages
336
Description:
This study of the mystery of the Voynich manuscript, discovered in 1912, examines the theory that thirteenth-century astronomer Roger Bacon was the author of the book, which is written in an indecipherable language and code that remains unsolved.
subjects: Voynich manuscript, Manuscripts, Ciphers