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MYS08HTEHX052AX · mystery · click to copy
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Voynich Manuscript
What is the book about?
Who would have made and used it?
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Who would have made and used it?
Asked 25 Oct 2026 by
apollo
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What is the book about?
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A compendium of women's medicine
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 1 for
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A court or spa regimen of baths
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Evidence: 2 for
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A religious house's infirmary compendium
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Evidence: 3 for, 2 against
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A scholastic encyclopaedia of nature
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Evidence: 3 for
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Alchemy and distillation
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Evidence: 1 for, 1 against
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An alchemical and distillation manual
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Evidence: 1 for, 1 against
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Astrological medicine (the v0.1 theory)
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Evidence: 1 for, 2 against
Still possible
Court or spa regimen of baths
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Evidence: 2 for
Still possible
Monastic or cloister infirmary compendium
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Evidence: 3 for, 2 against
Still possible
Scholastic encyclopaedia
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Evidence: 3 for
Still possible
Women's medicine
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 1 for
Still possible
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A compendium of women's medicine
A court or spa regimen of baths
A religious house's infirmary compendium
A scholastic encyclopaedia of nature
Alchemy and distillation
An alchemical and distillation manual
Astrological medicine (the v0.1 theory)
Court or spa regimen of baths
Monastic or cloister infirmary compendium
Scholastic encyclopaedia
Women's medicine
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