# Schmeh 2023: No 39: The Manuscript That Nobody Can Read (Manuscript of the Month)

> Klaus Schmeh, 2023. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for physical measurements and the holder's image credit.

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# No 39: The Manuscript That Nobody Can Read (Manuscript of the Month)

Klaus Schmeh, 2023. _Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg_.

A short institutional note on the codex: shelfmark, leaf count and size, provenance, sign counts, the watermark date, and the script-type possibilities (syllabary, nomenclator, artificial language). Images credited to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

**Rohonc Codex** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for physical measurements and the holder's image credit.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The author's language was another Central European or Balkan language (Croatian, Slovene, German, Romanian or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/answers/ANS0D0E377W3AFM/the-authors-language-was-another-central-european-or-balkan)

Answer

ANS

[Art historians consulted by Láng favoured a Balkan origin for the manuscript.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/evidence/EVD0D0E37FP7TT8/art-historians-consulted-by-lang-favoured-a-balkan-origin)

Evidence

EVD

[Gusztáv Batthyány](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex/people/FIG0D0E2Y6T1V6H/gusztav-batthyany)

FIG

[The Rohonc Codex](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rohonc-codex)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Schmeh, K. (2023). No 39: The Manuscript That Nobody Can Read (Manuscript of the Month). Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg. https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/aom/mom/39-en.html
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[Read it free at csmc.uni-hamburg.de](https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/aom/mom/39-en.html)

Key

**SRC** 0D0E2WZR57PA

Kind

Web page

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

29 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published original

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