# Tiltman 1967: The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''

> John H. Tiltman, 1967. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book cites it for Tiltman's observation that Voynich words are assembled from parts…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC08JHQSJ02E1C/the-voynich-manuscript-the-most-mysterious-manuscript-in-the  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)Tiltman 1967

**0**

# 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.

**Voynich Manuscript** ArticleChecked against the original0

## 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

The book, version 2.0

SRC

[Toward a Reading of the Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAN066JH/toward-a-reading-of-the-voynich-manuscript-lexical-anchors)

The March 2026 draft

SRC

## Cite it

```
Tiltman, J. H. (1967). The Voynich manuscript: ``the most mysterious manuscript in the world''. NSA Technical Journal, 12(3), 41–85.
```

[Read it free at media.defense.gov](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/02/2002755835/-1/-1/0/VOYNICH-MANUSCRIPT-MYSTERIOUS.PDF)[PDF stored here · 46 pages](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC08JHQSJ02E1C/the-voynich-manuscript-the-most-mysterious-manuscript-in-the/pdf)

The PDF is the copy media.defense.gov gives away, kept here so the link can't break. Downloads are open to beta members.

Key

**SRC** 08JHQSJ02E1C

Kind

Journal article

Rights

public-domain

Checked

Against the published article

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC08JHQSJ02E1C/the-voynich-manuscript-the-most-mysterious-manuscript-in-the/csl.json)