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Sources:
- Barabe, J.: Materials Analysis of the Voynich Manuscript. Report from McCrone Associates, Inc. to the Beinecke Rare Book and MS Library, 1 April 2009.
- Beasley, Bryce. “Fantastic Herbals and Where to Find Them: Contextualizing and Expanding the Alchemical Herbal Tradition.” Master’s thesis, University of Oklahoma, 2024.
- Clemens, Raymond, ed. The Voynich Manuscript. New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, in association with Yale University Press, 2016.
- Edwards, Robert. Voynich Reconsidered: The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2024.
- Fagin Davis, Lisa. “How Many Glyphs and How Many Scribes? Digital Paleography and the Voynich Manuscript.” Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies 5, no. 1 (Spring 2020): 5-21.
- Imperio, M.E. The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma. Fort George: National Security Agency/Central Security Service, 1978.
- Janick, Jules and Arthur Tucker. Unraveling the Voynich Codex. Cham: Springer, 2018.
- Kennedy, Gerry and Rob Churchill. The Voynich Manuscript: The mysterious code that has defied interpretation for centuries. Rochester: Inner Traditions, 2006.
- Sabar, Ariel. “An Intoxicating 500-Year Mystery.” The Atlantic, August 8, 2024.
- Skinner, Stephen, ed. The Voynich Manuscript. London: Watkins Publishing, 2017.
Other sources / resources:
- Digital version of Beinecke MS 408
- Catalogue entry on Beinecke MS 408 [originally from Shailor, Barbara: Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1984.]
- Manuscript Road Trip – Lisa Fagin Davis’s Blog
- Cipher Mysteries – Nick Pelling’s Blog
- Original Voynich Manuscript mailing list
- The Voynich Temple – Koen’s map of swallowtail merlon castles
- Bureau of Information file on Wilfrid Voynich
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