# Timm 2014: How the Voynich Manuscript Was Created

> Torsten Timm, 2014. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book uses it for the self-copying procedure that is one of the six simulators tested…

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# How the Voynich Manuscript Was Created

Torsten Timm, 2014.

A long arXiv paper arguing that the Voynich text was produced by copying words already written and altering them slightly, rather than by encoding a message.

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## What it's used for here

The book uses it for the self-copying procedure that is one of the six simulators tested in chapter 25, and the methods surveys treat it as the origin of the self-citation hypothesis.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

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

The book, version 2.0

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[6 methods surveys]

Signal processing, cryptanalysis, mathematics, linguistics, inductive methods, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

```
Timm, T. (2014). How the Voynich Manuscript Was Created.
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.6639)

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