The Voynich Codex...

[fajrdrako]

After we watched Fringe and Supernatural this evening - two shows with a fine capacity for messing with our heads - Pim was telling me about the Voynich Manuscript, which astounds me mostly because I never heard of it before. How did that one pass me by?

That got us - well, me - onto a search of invented scripts, invented languages, and fictional worlds - all subjects I love. The "see also" and the "external links" addenda to this Wiki article are fascinating. Why does this make me think of The Ninth Gate or Le Club Dumas?

It's fun to browse this list of fictional worlds, too.

Comments

[ceruleancat]

Ohh, that was a good book, the Club Dumas. Except for the end.
I hate when an author has a great buildup and construction and then you feel like he left himself no way out that would be of equal quality.
I still enjoy rereading it, but I tend to skip the end. The movie production was a horrible adaptation. But then, I would think that, wouldn't I.

I remember we encountered the Voynich. Adam says that we had it on our computer, which I only vaguely recall. Can't for the life of me remember how we got there. Information is so... fluid. Isn't it.

[fajrdrako]

I agree absolutely about The Club Dumas, including the ending, which was... not really relevant to the rest of the story. Still: good book, despite that. And the movie had the virtue of starring Johnny Depp, who was good in the role, though I thought the movie wasn't quite sure what the movie was about. Still - it's fun to see a story that is essentially about books.

As for the Voynich - it seems to make itself known in odd ways. I think it's probably more fun to not know its full story. Maybe.

Yes, information is fluid, elusive, and often playful. It teases us.

[ceruleancat]

LOL, the movie didn't know what it was about.
Precisely. And it wasn't about books so much as about lame fire effects.
And I love that nobody knows what the Voynich means and it hasn't been decripted. I love the ongoing mystery part.

The Club Dumas

[fajrdrako]

it wasn't about books so much as about lame fire effects

Yes, that was the problem. It should have been about books.

I love the ongoing mystery part.

So do I. I love it that the owner in 1610 was as baffled as we are. I love the way it gets the imagination going.

I was just reading that Hildegarde von Bingen wrote in a script she made up herself. I think it's so cool when people do that sort of thing.