# Rugg 2004: An elegant hoax? A possible solution to the Voynich manuscript

> Gordon Rugg, 2004. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book includes Rugg's table and grille among the six generators it fits to the text, and…

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# An elegant hoax? A possible solution to the Voynich manuscript

Gordon Rugg, 2004. _Cryptologia_ 28(1): 31–46.

Shows that a table of syllables read through a Cardan grille, a sixteenth-century device, can produce Voynich-like text quickly, which makes a hoax a workable explanation.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.1080/0161-110491892755](https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-110491892755)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The book includes Rugg's table and grille among the six generators it fits to the text, and discusses it as the main case for meaningless text.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)

The mystery article

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[Reading Without a Key](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

The book, version 2.0

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[4 methods surveys]

Cryptanalysis, mathematics, linguistics, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

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Rugg, G. (2004). An elegant hoax? A possible solution to the Voynich manuscript. Cryptologia, 28(1), 31–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-110491892755
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