Why is the Voynich Manuscript Still Undeciphered ?

[Mark Knowles]

I think the first point, more context, would certainly help.

if the drawings were recognizable as a copy from a known herbal.

Therefore I think attempts at contextualization, however small, are always a worthy effort.

Finding more documentary evidence to put the Voynich manuscript in more context is vital. There is still a huge amount of difficult work to be done in this area. There are still so many aspects where there is documentary research to be done. There could be just one document which once found would make a huge difference to our understanding of the Voynich manuscript or a series of documents may help us put the pieces together.