Why is the Voynich Manuscript Still Undeciphered ?

[Mark Knowles]

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.

Since I consider the VMS to be more of a composite work, I would assume that comparisons with various other manuscripts would lead to the goal. Of course, it would be nice to find the ONE manuscript.

Well if you find one of Nick Pelling's "block paradigms" then just one document could be significant to decipher Voynichese and therefore the whole manuscript. You could find a lost document explaining what Voynichese is and how it works. You might discover some of the missing pages of the Voynich manuscript. There is unfortunately a huge element of luck in this kind of hunting. However it is clear that so far our exploration of the archives for Voynich related documents has a long way to go, so I suspect that there is plenty waiting to be discovered.