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Voynich Hoax Hypothesis

The proposal that the Voynich manuscript encodes no meaning and was manufactured to be sold as a wonder, whether in the 15th century or later; kept alive by the text's statistical oddities and the failure of all decipherments.

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  • Voynich Manuscriptvellum dated 1404–1438

    Voynich Hoax Hypothesis attempts to explain Voynich Manuscript.

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