[Movie] Is the Voynich Manuscript an Elaborate Medieval Hoax?

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A manuscript that cannot be read is practically useless and therefore, from the perspective of a potential customer in the Middle Ages, uninteresting.

Even worse, the absence of respect for any recognizable tradition (other than the Zodiac) does not inspire confidence in the authors' knowledge about the purported subjects. On the other hand, there was a huge thirst for *new* knowledge in the late middle ages, pushing the translation of Arabic and Greek works, also leading to the fabrication of many fakes (readable books attributed to authorities of the past: Hermes, Merlin, Albertus Magnus, etc.) so maybe the VMs was sold (with a good story, as something exotic, but not too exotic to be understood in some part of Europe) to someone who hoped that it could be deciphered by simple substitution, as many Voynichologists still believe nowadays, and reveal some amazing secrets. Books of secrets were all the rage, and what is more secret that an unreadable tome?