Answer · Voynich Manuscript
A fifteenth-century original
The manuscript is an original of the fifteenth century: written and drawn on parchment of 1404-1438 by five scribes working sheet by sheet, quire-marked in a fifteenth-century hand, and bound later out of order.
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: seven pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
Evidence 7 for · none against
102 of an original 116 leaves survive, in 18 quires
FOREstablished · weighs some · F-002
Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-027
Calfskin parchment, radiocarbon-dated 1404–1438
FOREstablished · weighs heavily · F-001
Five scribes wrote the text
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-003
The hands are interchangeable in variant choice
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-024
The leaves are not in their maker's order
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-004
The sheet, not the page, is the unit of composition
FOREstablished · weighs some · F-014
Documented ownership begins in Prague, c. 1610
NEUTRALEstablished · weighs little · F-005
The questions it answers
Most likelyA fifteenth-century original
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). A fifteenth-century original [Answer ANS0DCBK9Y01TP2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCBK9Y01TP2
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title = {A fifteenth-century original},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0DCBK9Y01TP2},
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