Cipher Mysteries

Fans of historical novelist Christopher Harris have a new Voynich Manuscript-themed book of his heading their way in early 2009: to be published by Dedalus Books, "Mappamundi" is a non-Byzantine sequel to the final book in Harris' Byzantine trilogy, "False Ambassador" (if that's not too confusing). I asked him how he came to find the Voynich Manuscript:- "As ...

Over the years I've spent looking at the Voynich Manuscript, I've become progressively more accustomed to its ways, to the point that it is no longer an enciphered grimoire to me, but simply a book we cannot as yet read. When learning to juggle, the primary force which keeps the ball in the hand is not gravity but fear: all ...