What initially sparked your interest in Voynich research?

[Mark Knowles]

As an example: Obviously I was curious about the unknown script and its meaning. However my interest was really sparked by seeing the Rosettes folio and particularly the "castle" and also to some extent the other buildings and geographical features that appeared to be illustrated on that page. The page looked like a fantasy map out of Tolkien or some other fantasy literature, however it seemed more likely that it was a real map than something dreamt up by modern fantasy fiction. I found the idea that the page represented a map of some unidentified, but real geographical region, a fascinating one and that by identifying the geographical area one might be able to say something about where the manuscript came from enticing. So that is what drew me initially to be interested in this manuscript.

However, I am curious what really attracted others to this manuscript amongst the uncountable other topics one could devote one's time to.