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ReleaseVoynich Manuscript·24 Oct 2026

[The Voynich Manuscript: the book, a brief and a press kit](https://mysteriesdept.com/news/2026/10/24/the-voynich-manuscript-book-brief-and-press-kit)

Our first full release, set out by the site's key questions: the book in a new edition, a four-page brief with the evidence for each finding, and a press kit with images free to use.

By [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) · 1 min read

October 2026

22 Oct 2026

FindingVoynich Manuscript

### [In the Voynich Manuscript, where a word sits in its line changes how it is spelled](https://mysteriesdept.com/news/2026/10/22/spelling-follows-the-line)

In six of ten spelling pairs, the variant the scribe chose depends on where the word falls in its line. No cipher key we tested behaves this way, and neither does Latin.

By [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) · 1 min read

2025 and earlier

Nov 2025

In the newsVoynich Manuscript

### [A fifteenth-century hand cipher can produce Voynich-like text](https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2025.2566408)

Michael Greshko shows that a cipher using dice and playing cards, practical in the 1400s, yields text with many of the manuscript's statistics.

**Cryptologia** · Michael Greshko