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At a number of places at this web site you may find links to information which is either indirectly related to the Voynich MS or related to a very specific topic. These are generally outside the main flow of the text. This page is a collection of all these links, to make it easier to locate them again after an earlier visit.
A visual representation of the layout of the Voynich MS.
A short introduction to the Voynich MS by G. Landini and R. Zandbergen, that appeared in a 1998 issue of the Journal 'Aesculapius' of Birmingham University (UK).
A temporary copy of the Eva alphabet reference from Gabriel Landini's web site.
Currier's important paper from the 1976 Voynich MS symposium. This HTML version only has the main text. The full paper with all the long tables is available also in separate files in PostScript format at a >> page prepared by J. Reeds and mirrored by J.Stolfi or, converted to PDF, via this link.
A cluster analysis of Voynich MS pages performed and described by Mary D'Imperio in January 1992, based on Currier's above-mentioned paper.
Biographies of most of the people who once owned the Voynich MS, or are otherwise closely related to its history (from Rudolph to Kircher).
Transcriptions and in some cases translations of old letters that deal with the early history of the Voynich MS, written or received by Marci, Kircher et al.
Quotations and in some cases translations of source texts that illustrate or highlight some aspect of the history of the Voynich MS.
A local copy of Xavier Ceccaldi's web site describing his detailed analysis of the circumstances around Voynch's purchase of books from the Villa Mondragone.
An article looking at some statistical variations of the 'language' of the Voynich manuscript in each of the sections (Herbal, Astrological, Biological, etc). This largely complements Currier's discussion of the A and B languages, is, however, unfortunately incomplete (some of the text was lost).
An article related to the above, but written a few years earlier. Identifies some more preliminary text characteristics of the different sections. It is a temporary copy of a file originally kept at Gebriel Landini's web site.
An article looking at the entropy of the text in the Voynich MS, and in particular at the question how it is possible that the MS text has a normal vocabulary size, relatively short words, but still a low character-level entropy.
A temporary copy (PDF format) of an article by L. Taiz: document
A description of the famous Helios miniature in codex Vat.Gr.1291, which contains a copy of Ptolemy's handy table. This miniature includes nymphs which are very similar in style to the nymphs in the zodiac pages of the Voynich MS.
A description of the catalogue of Rudolph's museum. This catalogue was written in 1607 and rediscovered in the 1960's. It does not seem to mention the Voynich MS.
A description of an illustration in an old Greek astronomical MS once kept in Turin. It has similarities to fols. f1r and f67r2 of the Voynich MS. Page is not yet complete.
F1r of an incunabulum (Opus ruralium commodorum Petri de Crescentiis, Strassbourg, 1486) bearing the signature of Jacobus 'Sinapius', 1602. It is available both in IMAGE: original form (920 kByte) and IMAGE: processed to increase contrast (584 kByte). It shows that he had the habit of signing at least some of his books. The signature is similar to that in the Voynich MS.
Two astrological diagrams with some remote similarity to the Voynich MS zodiac pages:
An IMAGE: illustration from an Indian MS, somewhat reminiscent of the Voynich MS pharmaceutical section.
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