Dorabella Cipher update…
You may not have known that 2024 saw a flurry of Dorabella-related activity. For example, here’s a picture of the blue plaque that was unveiled in Dora Penny’s honour in June 2024: Dan Bartlett (more...
View ArticleThe Tamarin Bay Cipher Mystery, revisited…
While flicking through Robert Charroux’s (1962) “Tresors du monde : enterres, emmures, engloutis” a few days ago, I noticed that his version of the Tamarin Bay ciphertext was slightly different to the...
View ArticleCommandant vs Capitaine vs Lieutenant de vaisseau…
I thought I ought to briefly post on something which I worked out recently. In BN3 (the third Bernardin Nageon de l’Estang document, though almost certainly not written by him), the writer mentions...
View ArticleBryce Beasley, alchemical herbals, and Voynich Herbal A…
I first asked the question of whether there might be a mapping between the alchemical herbal manuscript tradition and the Voynich Manuscript in a 2019 post, having not long previously put up a post...
View ArticleAuguste Toussaint: Les Petites Affiches, Jean Baptiste Castaing, haches...
A few weeks ago, I decided to try to dig up any papers or books online by renowned Mauritian archivist/researcher Auguste Toussaint that I hadn’t previously read. One of these was his 1977 article “Le...
View ArticleRoswell and Sheridan Cavitt…
Quick digression: I went into several second hand bookshops a couple of weekends ago, and while I found a few nice historical books to keep me occupied, what struck me was the complete lack of the...
View ArticleThe Voynich Manuscript’s Bee Secrets page, revisited…
I’ve just bee(n) reading Gene Kritsky’s “The Quest for the Perfect Hive”, which, though it covers many different sides of apiculture, ultimately focuses on the evolution of hive technology. This, of...
View ArticleOhio Cipher – two alternating MASCs?
I’ve previously posted a few times about the Ohio Cipher (e.g. here in 2013, here in 2013, here in 2013, and here in 2014). Having determined what I think the (likely) most reliable version of the...
View ArticleMy thoughts on The X-Files…
To the sustained disbelief of my wife, I’ve recently watched all eleven series of The X-Files (they’re available on My4 / Channel 4 catch-up) from start to finish. Though not the films or the...
View ArticleJohn Dee’s Tabula Angelorum Bonorum 49…
As most CM readers will know, it’s widely considered that the greatest (unsolved) cipher mystery is the Voynich Manuscript. However, I’ve long wondered whether this might actually run a rather poor...
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