05-03-2024, 04:44 AM
I know it has been suggested that the Voynich Manuscript was written in code to hide some secret message. It has also been suggested that it was written in a natural language that is now extinct. I now lean towards this second idea. From my interpretations of the illustrations, I see no great mysterious information. In general, it looks like the same kind of astrology and religious information that has been repeated many times over many years.
The Voynich Manuscript seems to have been created by experienced scribes. To me, it does not seem to be a "one-off". Possibly they were copying some earlier manuscript or documents. I think it may be the only surviving example of a now extinct language. Of course that brings up the question of why the language went extinct. Was it a natural extinction or was it intentionally eradicated by a competing group?
Religious groups are often very adamant in insisting that their particular interpretation of religious teachings are the one and only correct variety. Possibly the beliefs of the people who created the Voynich Manuscript differed in some way that a competing group thought was important. Maybe this hypothetical competing group intentionally destroyed all works that they considered heretical. Possibly the existing Voynich Manuscript is the only surviving example because it was carried far from it's place of origin before this hypothetical great purge of all the teachings of its kind.
The Voynich Manuscript seems to have been created by experienced scribes. To me, it does not seem to be a "one-off". Possibly they were copying some earlier manuscript or documents. I think it may be the only surviving example of a now extinct language. Of course that brings up the question of why the language went extinct. Was it a natural extinction or was it intentionally eradicated by a competing group?
Religious groups are often very adamant in insisting that their particular interpretation of religious teachings are the one and only correct variety. Possibly the beliefs of the people who created the Voynich Manuscript differed in some way that a competing group thought was important. Maybe this hypothetical competing group intentionally destroyed all works that they considered heretical. Possibly the existing Voynich Manuscript is the only surviving example because it was carried far from it's place of origin before this hypothetical great purge of all the teachings of its kind.