[Cryptography] Voynich Manuscript to be published

[John Levine]

In article <alpine.BSF.2.11.1608240634430.10703 at aneurin.horsfall.org> you write:
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>http://www.smh.com.au/world/10000-copies-give-amateurs-a-chance-to-decipher-worlds-most-mysterious-book-20160821-gqxukt.html
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>``Siloe will produce 898 replicas of the manuscript, raising the
>  possibility that one will fall into the hands of someone who will at last 
>  crack the code.''
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>For a paltry ¤7000-¤8000, you too can have a go at cracking it; any 
>takers?

What a deal and you never know.  For those of us whose budgets don't
cover buying a replica, you can download a hi-res PDF from a link on 
the book's library catalog page:

http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3519597

Also, FYI, the picture in that article of the neo-gothic library is
misleading.  That's where the manuscript is for the moment, while
the rare book library is undergoing renovations.  When it reopens
next month it'll be moved back here to this much more appropriate
environment:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/sites/default/files/BRBL-126-interior-tower.JPG

I've been there, that's really what it looks like.

R's,
John