I'm not sure where I picked this link up, maybe LanguageLog?

[conuly]

Cracking the Voynich Code

The quixotic quest to read meaning in the patterns of a bizarre manuscript that has bedeviled scholars for years

http://bit.ly/15h5NWu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

Smart money probably IS on hoax, but it's an awful lot of effort for one of those.

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oh BTW just one more thing re the article - the usual metrics I've seen quoted in favor of the manuscript containing language-like information are in fact unsuitable for that purpose. (I have a little survey of the issue (http://www.nytud.hu/szakcsoport/huszeves/kotet/tlp20_takacs.pdf). In English :] IIRC it doesn't mention the Voynich manuscript, but it does mention other famous unsolved mysteries.) Looking forward to Rugg's book chapter.