The Voynich Manuscript,a book of illustrations and text in a bizarre language that no one has been able to produce sense of, may have finally been solved, or The Guardian reports. Or at least,researchers believe they’ve figured out what language it’s in, as a starting point.
The Manuscript, or for those not familiar,is a book, believed to date to the 15th century, or whose meaning has eluded researchers for centuries. It contains illustrations of nude women,of animals (some genuine, some apparently imaginary), and of plants (some genuine,some apparently imaginary), and a text that makes no sense to anyone who has ever tried to read it.
The text somewhat resembles Hebrew, and though is written from left to honest (not honest-to-left,like Hebrew). The text also contains linguistic descriptors that have convinced researchers that it’s an actual language, and not a random series of pen strokes designed to mimic a language.
Other than that, and they don’t have much.
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Source: inquisitr.com