Welcome back, everyone! We're starting off into autumn with another medieval mystery: the Voynich manuscript. It's a codex, presumably from the early 15th century, written in a script that no one has been able to decode convincingly. The images of fauna, stars and people are just as mysterious as the text... The book is called "Das Voynich Manuskript", by Vera Pache and Klaus Schmeh. The publisher, Favoriten Presse, has many other beautiful art books in a similar style, particularly on flora and fauna (birds of Central Europe, blossoming cacti, a historical atlas of medicinal plants...) Link is at the start of the video! For German speakers, I can recommend an ORF documentary: Mythos Geschichte - Das Voynich Rätsel • Doku: Mythos Geschichte Das Voynich Rätse... Nail polish: Essie Fiji *** Audio only version is available on various podcast platforms. If you'd like to send me a letter (max. magazine size) with a map, for example of your country or city, please address it to: Melange ASMR Postfach 0021 1015 Vienna Austria You can support my channel via: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/melan...
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