# Research sessions: Voynich Manuscript > 13 research sessions on Voynich Manuscript, newest first: what each established, what it moved and what it left to do. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)Research sessions Voynich Manuscript # Research sessions 13 sessions, 2026. Each one says what it established, what it moved and what it left to do. `S-013`[The lattice EM at GPU scale up a ladder of planted controls; the simplest control read, the homophone rung not](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCR446F5BXD/the-lattice-em-at-gpu-scale-up-a-ladder-of-planted-controls) 28 Oct **7** runs **1** evidenceNo question changed standing `S-012`[learning sign boundaries with the key (lattice EM), neural posterior for the period cipher, and three borrowed methods tested on planted controls](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCHSYCCGJSK/session-12-learning-sign-boundaries-with-the-key-lattice-em) 28 Oct **20** runs **2** evidenceNo question changed standing `S-011`[the Naibbe cipher tested; section-level hyper-simulation; period cipher practice fitted to the herbal sections](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCDMFZAWWNC/session-11-the-naibbe-cipher-tested-section-level-hyper) 28 Oct **18** runs **9** evidence**1** question raised**2** answers proposedNo question changed standing `S-010`[The layout layer; literature and question audit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit) 28 Oct **12** runs **8** evidence**3** questions raised**4** answers proposedNo question changed standing `S-009`[The inquiry framework, the inductive battery, generated hypotheses and readings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) 22 Oct **166** runs **18** evidence**1** question raised**32** answers proposed2 questions moved Is it a constructed or notational language?: No evidence yet → Open, Who would have made and used it?: No evidence yet → Open `S-008`[Phase 4: the chancery key; book v1.3](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8DV4G06NE7/session-8-phase-4-the-chancery-key-book-v1-3) 22 Oct **27** runs **7** evidence**2** questions raised**1** answer proposedNo question changed standing `S-007`[Phase 3: procedures, fragments, lists, transliteration; book v1.2](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8CZNK07S90/session-7-phase-3-procedures-fragments-lists-transliteration) 22 Oct **31** runs **7** evidence**1** question raised**5** answers proposedNo question changed standing `S-006`[Phase 2: registered tests, brute force, five surveys; book v1.1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8C46P04BVW/session-6-phase-2-registered-tests-brute-force-five-surveys) 22 Oct **23** runs **11** evidence**2** questions raised**20** answers proposed1 question moved Is it meaningless text from a procedure?: No evidence yet → Open `S-005`[Re-analysis from the transliteration; book v1.0](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8B8QS022BX/session-5-re-analysis-from-the-transliteration-book-v1-0) 22 Oct **18** evidence**25** questions raisedNo question changed standing `S-004`[Image mapping, project set-up and the Picatrix cross-check](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08HP57C06Z11/session-4-image-mapping-project-set-up-and-the-picatrix) 2 MarNo question changed standing `S-003`[Reading the published research](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H7J9Z07B3D/session-3-reading-the-published-research) Mar 2026No question changed standing `S-002`[The whole manuscript, from images](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H6PV2021JK/session-2-the-whole-manuscript-from-images) Mar 2026**3** answers proposedNo question changed standing `S-001`[Initial analysis of a subset of folios](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H5VC50788E/session-1-initial-analysis-of-a-subset-of-folios) Mar 2026**7** answers proposed1 question moved Do earlier readings survive the evidence?: Open → Most likely