# Schinner 2007: The Voynich manuscript: evidence of the hoax hypothesis

> Andreas Schinner, 2007. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book cites it in the case for meaningless text; the procedure-fingerprinting…

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# The Voynich manuscript: evidence of the hoax hypothesis

Andreas Schinner, 2007. _Cryptologia_ 31(2): 95–107.

Analyses the Voynich text with random-walk mapping and repetition statistics and concludes that it looks more like the output of a stochastic process than encrypted language.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.1080/01611190601133539](https://doi.org/10.1080/01611190601133539)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The book cites it in the case for meaningless text; the procedure-fingerprinting survey cites it as a critique of Rugg's grille.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

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

The book, version 2.0

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[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

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[2 methods surveys]

Signal processing, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

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Schinner, A. (2007). The Voynich manuscript: evidence of the hoax hypothesis. Cryptologia, 31(2), 95–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/01611190601133539
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