Decrypting the most mysterious book in the world After 600 years, the secret language of the Voynich manuscript may finally be understood By Rich McCormick on … The 240-page Voynich manuscript is written in an unknown alphabet that’s never been seen before or since. Stephen Bax ♦ September 15, 2017 ♦ 15 Comments. Outsider art has long been a popular Voynich meta-theory: but as time has gone by, we (Voynich researchers) have come to understand that the Voynich Manuscript was the product both of an ordered mind and (as it has ended up over time) of a disordered page evolution. Your Voynich comments. The Voynich: lost language theory. Stephen Bax ♦ January 24, 2014 ♦ 558 Comments. NOTE: This page has become very full, thanks to your comments.Quayong.. This entry was posted in The Voynich Alphabet, The Voynich Text and tagged linguistic similarities in distant languages, medieval indexes, medieval indexes for large datasets, Voynich manuscript text on February 25, 2020 by J.K. Petersen. It is slightly larger than a modern paperback, bound in “limp vellum” as is the technical term. There are so many competing theories about what the Voynich manuscript is—most likely a compendium of herbal … The Voynich manuscript is not an especially glamorous physical object.