Roswell 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...
View ArticleA cartouche attack on the Voynich Manuscript…?
I’ve just thought of this trick, and I don’t remember anyone suggesting it before. So here goes… I’ve long suggested that the Voynich Manuscript was written using a combination of the latest (for the...
View ArticleRare (possibly unabbreviated) Voynichese words…
As I posted here a few days ago, it’s possible that unusual-looking (and probably longer) Voynichese words or phrases are actually unusual plaintext words (perhaps proper names) that needed to remain...
View ArticleTowards a secret history of Voynichese gallows…
I’ve spent twenty-odd years thinking about the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript’s gallows glyphs; and I thought I’d post about how I believe these glyphs evolved. Whether or not I’m right probably...
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