The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript

Nicholas Pelling, 2006. Compelling Press.

Pelling's book-length history of the manuscript, which argues that it was written in fifteenth-century northern Italy in a verbose cipher and proposes Antonio Averlino (Filarete) as its author.

Voynich ManuscriptBookChecked against the original0

What it's used for here

The book cites it for the reading of qo as a cipher pair used in Milan and Modena, for the view that quire marks 19 and 20 suggest a second numberer, and for readings of the rosettes sheet.

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Reading Without a Key

The book, version 2.0

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Toward a Reading of the Voynich Manuscript

The March 2026 draft

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2 methods surveys

Cryptanalysis, mixed keys

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Cite it

Pelling, N. (2006). The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript. Compelling Press.

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Pelling, Nicholas. “The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript.” Compelling Press, 2006.