The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World

Lawrence Goldstone; Nancy Goldstone

ISBN 10: 0767914732 / ISBN 13: 9780767914734

Verlag: Doubleday, 2005

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0767914732I4N00

Inhaltsangabe:

An accessible study of the baffling mystery of the Voynich Manuscript, discovered in 1912, examines the theory that Roger Bacon, the noted thirteenth-century astronomer, was the author of the book, which is written in an indecipherable language and code that remains unsolved and contains odd illustrations of plants, astrological diagrams, and more. 25,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

LAWRENCE and NANCY GOLDSTONE are a husband-and-wife writing team and authors of Out of the Flames, a Booksense 76 Selection. They have also written three books on their book-collecting pursuits: Used and Rare, Slightly Chipped, and Warmly Inscribed.

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Titel: The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and ...
Verlag: Doubleday
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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