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The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''
John H. Tiltman, 1967. NSA Technical Journal 12(3): 41–85.
A declassified NSA Technical Journal article in which the British cryptanalyst John Tiltman reports his study of the manuscript, begun in the 1950s at William Friedman's request. He observed that the words are built from a small set of beginnings, middles and endings.
What it's used for here
The book cites it for Tiltman's observation that Voynich words are assembled from parts in a fixed order.
Cited by on this site 2 records
Reading Without a Key
SRCThe book, version 2.0
Toward a Reading of the Voynich Manuscript
SRCThe March 2026 draft
Cite it
Tiltman, J. H. (1967). The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''. NSA Technical Journal, 12(3), 41–85.
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title = {The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''},
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year = {1967},
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number = {3},
pages = {41--85},
note = {Reporting work begun in 1951; declassified}
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Tiltman, John H.. “The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''.” NSA Technical Journal 12, no. 3 (1967): 41–85.