Cipher Mysteries posts in the ‘Sergio Toresella’ category




The wisdom of a crowded forum…

Posted by nickpelling on Oct 12th, 2008

On the one hand, “Linus’ Law” asserts that if enough people collaborate to solve a problem, it becomes simple - hence open source software. On the other, even though more people have eyeballed the Voynich Manuscript in the last two years (thanks to the Beinecke Library’s scans posted on the Internet) than in the previous four centuries, [...] Read more »

Voynich Documentary (for 2010)…

Posted by nickpelling on Jul 21st, 2008

Well, you can’t say I’m not looking ahead. News reaches my ears of a lavish Voynich documentary being made by the ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) “Universum” Natural History Unit and Pro Omnia Film & Video Promotion GmbH, in association with “ARTE, ZDF and the Smithsonian Network“.
Now we’ve got past the broadcasting acronym jungle, what is [...] Read more »

Research breakthrough…

Posted by nickpelling on May 8th, 2008

Not long ago, I mentioned here that I had made a fist-punching-in-the-air breakthrough in my research, and promised to describe it more fully at a later date. Well, that later date has (thanks to a torrent of two gently chiding emails chivvying me along) now arrived: here’s what I found.
Regular Voynich News readers will by [...] Read more »