# How many scribes wrote it? · Voynich Manuscript

> Answered: five, by their letterforms. How many people wrote it, and did they work the same way?

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# How many scribes wrote it?

Asked 25 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·Part of [What is the object, and who made it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFXN6R2VQ6/what-is-the-object-and-who-made-it)·1 answer·0·0 following

**Answered: five, by their letterforms** Passed its tests and review.

 

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[**Currier A and B are stages of one drifting system** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8G02SJ4HDC/currier-a-and-b-are-stages-of-one-drifting-system)

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## What would settle it

1. Metadata-aware topic models (structural topic model) to separate subject, scribe and language (F-104).

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